Dear Colleagues,

Wild or cultivated plants, whether edible or medicinal, are valuable sources of bioactive compounds such as polyphenols, organic acids, non-volatile terpenoids, steroids, alkaloids, and their glycosides. Polyphenols being the most common, many applications of plant extracts have attracted interest in traditional medicine due to their beneficial health properties for reducing oxidative/inflammatory stress, which represents a critical component in cancer progression. However, other classes of natural compounds may have potential applications in the treatment or prevention of cancer. The identification of secondary metabolites from plants selected according to chemotaxonomic criteria, and the evaluation of their protective and therapeutic effects in cancer progression, are therefore of great interest.

As the circular economy is a new model that combines environmental, economic, and societal benefits, the choice of plants will not be limited to medicinal or food plants. It will focus on cultivated resources with high environmental potential, selected according to chemotaxonomic criteria.

This Special Issue will publish original research articles and reviews on aspects related to the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of pure natural compounds and plant extracts with potential action in cancer treatment. They should be based on the characterization of the chemical profile of plant extracts combined with an in-depth biological evaluation that may explain or reveal the presence of a specific molecule or a family of molecules responsible for the observed activities.

Prof. Dr. Brigitte Deguin
Dr. Lorenza Trabalzini
Dr. Rosa Tundis
Guest Editors

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• phytochemical characterization
• antioxidant and anti-inflammatory natural compounds and extracts
• natural waste resources
• horticultural or wild plants, medicinal plants, and edible plants
• green selective extraction processes