Sustainable Use of Natural Plant Products and Plant Extracts
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Products and Services".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 6369
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, Health 2, 4349 Martin Luther King Boulevard, Houston, TX 77204-5037, USA
Interests: applied chemistry; organic chemistry; food chemistry; functional food; antioxidants; bioactive compounds; encapsulation, preclinical and clinical studies
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Interests: applied chemistry; chemistry of natural products; food chemistry; biologically active compounds; free radicals; antioxidants; encapsulation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Natural plant products and plant extracts represent an ever-increasing topic of research interest. Plants are well known for being a major source of molecules with a broad range of biological properties. Due to legislative actions and consumer concerns, interest in natural ingredients and their sustainable use grows; many industrial sectors, including food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and agrochemical, seek natural ingredients to improve the health benefits and functional properties of their products.
In this Special Issue, we invite researchers and the scientific community to contribute with original research articles, as well as review articles, and respond to the following increasingly pressing challenges:
- Innovative sustainable techniques for obtaining natural plant products and plant extracts in different forms (free or encapsulated) with high bioactive potential;
- Characterization of natural plant products and plant extracts;
- Natural plant products and plant extracts for sustainable applications.
Prof. Dr. Vesna Tumbas Šaponjac
Dr. Vanja Šeregelj
Dr. Jelena J. Vulić
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant products
- plant extracts
- sustainable extraction
- green chemistry
- bioactive compounds
- bioactive properties
- sustainable application