Recent Advances in Plant Metabolomics: From Metabolic Pathways to Health Impact
A special issue of Biology (ISSN 2079-7737).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 24237
Special Issue Editors
Interests: systems biology; OMIC’s; plant-pathogen interaction; grapevine; proteases; lipid signaling; apoplast
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Interests: bioactive compounds; natural products; nutraceuticals; antioxidants; dietary supplements; food quality; nutrition; food composition databases; bioavailability, metabolic pathway; nanoformulations
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Interests: plant-specialized metabolism; plant volatiles; metabolomics; grapevine; functional genomics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The current technological and analytical advances have allowed a better understanding of plant metabolism. With genomes of many plants being sequenced, functional genomics approaches demand has promoted the development of several -omic approaches, including metabolomics.
The integration of metabolomics with other -omics data, namely, transcriptomics and proteomics, through a systems biology approach provides us with a complete overview of metabolic network regulation and cellular functions. Advances in the field of metabolomics have contributed significantly toward an understanding of plant biology and identification of key processes and plant molecules that participate in several processes from plant development to plant responses to a myriad of environmental factors. These represent a promising approach for understanding plant metabolic pathways, food composition, and developing novel dietary markers. At the same time, the delination of chemistry and role and benefits of bioactive compounds in human health also should be taken into account.
This Special Issue focuses on cutting-edge knowledge on plants’ metabolism, genetic and biochemical mechanisms underlying plant growth, development, and stress responses, plant natural product chemistry and their benefits, focusing further on the contributions to this field of research. Studies of assessment of bioactive compounds and their interactions, bioavailability studies, toxicity evaluation, preclinical evaluation, and clinical are welcome. This Special Issue welcomes manuscripts addressing:
- Plant metabolomics;
- Plant natural products and bioactive compounds;
- Bioactivities and health functions;
- Biotechnology applied to metabolic pathways;
- Bioinformatic tools applied to plant metabolomics;
- Plant functional genomics applied to metabolism;
- Quality control and chemotaxonomy;
- Characterization of new metabolites and regulatory networks.
Plant-specific sample preparation, metabolomic databases, or other technical improvements are also welcome.
Dr. Andreia Figueiredo
Dr. Alessandra Durazzo
Dr. Philippe Hugueney
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metabolomics
- plant metabolic pathways
- bioactive compounds
- natural products
- food composition
- bioactivities
- health functions
- dietary biomarkers
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