Natural Bioactive Derivatives in Human Health Products: Extraction, Phytochemical Screening, and Formulation Design
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 16779
Special Issue Editors
Interests: secondary metabolite isolation from medicinal plants and food byproducts; analytical techniques; structural determination; NMR spectroscopy; nutraceuticals; bioactive natural molecules
Interests: drug delivery systems for pharmaceutical; nutraceutical and cosmetic applications; application of micro/nano-encapsulation techniques in particle engineering; biopolymers; medicinal plant extracts; spray drying; technological and solid state characterization
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Bioactive compounds, including polyphenols, terpenoids, alkaloids, and other nitrogen-containing constituents, recovered from vegetable resources (food or food by-product, and medicinal plants), are useful in maintaining well-being, enhancing human health, preventing or treating chronic or acute diseases. The study of natural products requires a multidisciplinary approach involving different experties (from phytochemistry and botany to pharmacology and toxicology) to discover new natural compounds or human health benefits, also acquiring data on safety of use.
Despite the complex process of production, chemical characterization, and assessment of healthy effects, bioactive compounds should also be manufactured in stable delivery systems. A formulative approach allows delivering bioactive compounds to the site of action increasing bioavailability, after administration, to enhance stability during processing and storage, slowing down the degradation processes, also able to mask their bad taste or penetrating smell. For this Special Issue of Molecules, “Natural Bioactive Derivatives in Human Health Products: Extraction, Phytochemical Screening, and Formulation Design”, we invite researchers to contribute original research or review articles covering different aspects of bioactive natural compounds:
—Innovative extraction methods of bioactive compounds from food, medicinal plants, and food wastes and byproducts, with particular regard to bio- and eco-compatible solvents and processes;
—Chemical characterization, and biological investigation at multiple levels (in tube, in vitro, ex vivo, or in vivo). If plant extracts are the object of study/research, phytochemical profiling elucidation/evaluation is strongly recommended;
—Formulation design and development of innovative delivery systems containing vegetable extracts/compounds as raw material or as micro- and nanoparticulate form for food, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical applications;
—Technological characterization, stability studies, pharmacodynamic profiles, and biological investigations of plant extracts/compounds-based formulations.
Dr. Teresa Mencherini
Dr. Francesca Sansone
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Bioactive natural extracts or compounds
- Extraction
- Phytochemical profiling
- Formulation design and development
- Technological and biological characterization
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