Bioactive Compounds with Application Potentials in Nutraceuticals and Nutricosmetics: Focus on Mechanism of Action and Application Science—2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

As biological compounds isolated from natural plants, nutraceuticals offer numerous benefits such as preventing chronic disease, delaying aging, extending lifespan, improving health, and supporting body structures and functions. As nutricosmetics can be used as nutritional supplements to provide adequate nutrients for nails, hair, and skin, as well as work from within the body to add beauty, future trends in the health and beauty industry will revolve around nutraceuticals and nutricosmetics. Bio-active compounds are key factors for the development of nutraceuticals or nutricosmetics, as well as some functional foods. This Special Issue invotes recent studies covering, but not limited to, the following sub-topics:

(1) The bioactivities of compounds from edible natural products including ethnopharmacology and folk medicine with long histories of ingestion;
(2) Functional mechanism studies of nutraceutical and nutricosmetic via biochemical analysis in vitro/vivo/silico or evidence-based clinical trials;
(3) The process of biosynthesis and the formulation of nutraceuticals, nutricosmetics, or biocompatible cosmetic materials;
(4) Advanced technologies for improving the stability and functionality of bioactive products for application.

Prof. Dr. Hyun-Gyun Yuk
Prof. Dr. Caili Fu
Dr. Lin Chen
Dr. Pujie Shi
Topic Editors