Processing, Utilization and In-Depth Development of Medicinal Food Homology
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 May 2026 | Viewed by 27
Special Issue Editor
Interests: food-drug homologous; polysaccharides; functional foods; bioactive compounds; phytochemicals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Medicinal food homology (MFH) bridges traditional wisdom and modern science by advancing ingredients that serve both nutritional and health-promoting purposes. This Special Issue of Foods focuses on the processing, utilization, and in-depth development of MFH resources, focusing on methods to enhance the bioactive components of these foods. Detailed development strategies to harness the synergistic effects of these foods through innovative product formulations and functional food research will be proposed.
We kindly invite you to submit original review/research articles with novel ideas/concepts related to this topic to this Special Issue of Foods.
Dr. Jing Sun
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- medicinal food homology
- functional foods
- polysaccharides
- gut microbiota
- bioaccessibility
- bioavailability
- nutraceuticals
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