Phytochemical Profiles of Plant Materials: From Extracts to Added Value Ingredients

Dear Colleagues,

The phytochemical composition, quality, and safety of plant materials are influenced by phenological variations, genetic makeup, physiological conditions, harvesting time, geographical origin, and edaphic factors. Therefore, it is of great importance from a plant material quality perspective to study the relations between the growth conditions and chemical composition of edible and medicinal plants. Moreover, crude plant phenolic extracts always contain numerous accompanying components, which may limit the application and activity of the target specialized metabolites. The purification or fractionation of the crude extracts to target metabolites could be a path of choice. The development of a fractionation methodology may improve the elucidation of the phytochemical and pharmacological characterization target components that are pharmacologically relevant or for the development of functional added value ingredients with health-promoting properties. This Special Issue aims to collect research dealing with the determination of phytochemical profiles in plant materials, considering their influencing factors as well as the phytochemical composition of purified fractions of specialized metabolites.

Prof. Dr. Lina Raudone
Prof. Dr. Nijole Savickienė
Guest Editors

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