Advances in Analysis of Antioxidant-Rich Medicinal Plants, Functional Foods and Food Supplements
A special issue of Antioxidants (ISSN 2076-3921). This special issue belongs to the section "Methods for Antioxidants Evaluation/Measurement".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 27
Special Issue Editors
Interests: chromatography; liquid chromatography; electrophoresis mass spectrometry analytical chemistry instrumentation; spectrometry; high-performance liquid chromatography analytical method development; functional foods; antioxidants
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Interests: chromatography; phytochemistry; mass spectrometry; liquid chromatography; essential oils; flavonoids; analytical chemistry; phytochemicals; medicinal plants; phenolic compounds; bee products; fermentation; food safety; functional food
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The presence of antioxidant-rich functional foods, food supplements and medicinal plant-based pharmaceuticals from nature is highly valued by consumers and health organizations; however, their true potential can only be fully understood through rigorous analytical chemistry, which plays a central role in identifying, quantifying, and validating these natural antioxidants. It is difficult to distinguish the major factor within the entire nutrition chain, but the sample/product preparation/extraction step is quite important, as incorrect preparation, extraction, or treatment methods can destroy, reduce, or degrade valuable compounds, including antioxidants. Non-extracted, potentially digestible components are also of high importance. Nowadays, different analytical techniques allow not only the discovery of new antioxidant sources, new biological activities of natural products, and new application possibilities but also the improvement or assurance of the safety and quality of natural products, including functional foods or food supplements.
This Special Issue invites original research and review articles covering various aspects related to medicinal plants, functional foods, food supplements, and other natural-origin bioactive compounds. Topics include, but are not limited to, advances in extraction, purification, fermentation, and characterization techniques; development and validation of new analytical methods; evaluation of biological activities using in vitro, in vivo, or cell culture models; application of chemometric methods and artificial intelligence in the search for antioxidants; and investigations into the mechanisms of action of extracts, purified fractions, isolated compounds, and/or novel value-added products.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Sincerely,
Prof. Dr. Audrius Maruška
Dr. Vilma Kaškonienė
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- antioxidants
- bioactive compounds
- extraction
- medicinal plants
- natural products
- instrumental analysis
- chromatography
- spectrometry
- biological activity
- chemometrics
- structure–activity relationship
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