Bioactive Compounds of Plant Food Origin in the Era of Metabolic Diseases
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 1334
Special Issue Editors
Interests: animal; plant resources; metabolic diseases; antioxidants; functional foods; healthy diet; bioactive compounds
2. Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development–MED, CEBAL, 7081-908 Beja, Portugal
Interests: agro-industry subproducts valorization; non-conventional extraction methodologies, phytochemicals bio-based solutions
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Dear Colleagues,
Metabolic diseases pose a huge challenge for healthcare systems worldwide. Recently, the number of metabolic disease cases and related deaths has increased dramatically. One of the main problems contributing to this state of affairs is bad eating habits. To this end, it is necessary to promote a diet containing an adequate amount of bioactive compounds, which play a key role in human health due to their diverse biological properties, such as antioxidant, anticancer, antimutagenic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and antiallergic properties. Bioactive compounds of plant origin include, among others, biologically active proteins, polyphenols, carotenoids, etc. It has been proven that the compounds’ actions are beneficial for the proper functioning of human health, which effectively reduces the risk of inflammation and subsequent development of many related disorders, including metabolic diseases such as diabetes.
This special issue may address the potential of bioactive compounds of plant origin by describing, among others, aspects of their isolation and structural characterization; their biological activity; possible interactions with other substances, e.g., drugs; and ways for determining their positive impact on limiting the development of metabolic diseases, which may constitute a background for developing innovative therapeutic strategies, such as selecting appropriate bioactive ingredients of plant origin for developing functional foods to counteract metabolic diseases.
Dr. Magdalena Koszarska
Dr. Maria Fátima Duarte
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant resources
- metabolic diseases
- antioxidants
- functional foods
- healthy diet
- bioactive compounds
- nutrition
- added-value products
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