Plant Essential Oils: Extraction, Characterization, Biological Activities, and Their Applications in Foods
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutraceuticals, Functional Foods, and Novel Foods".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 February 2026) | Viewed by 2978
Special Issue Editors
Interests: extraction; chromatography; natural product chemistry; food chemistry; mass spectrometry; antioxidant activity; pharmaceutics and pharmaceutical technology; antioxidants; phytochemicals; analytical chemistry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Essential oils are considered as the most frequently used of all natural products for complementary and alternative medicines. Their medical applications are vast and can vary from dermatological uses (example infection, wound healing, anti-inflammatory etc.) to respiratory inhalation (including immunomodulatory effects, antiviral, antibacterial and even antihistamine responses). Furthermore, essential oils are used in various medical facilities for infection control and to achieve holistic healing. The aromatic nature of essential oils lends itself to an improved mind/body connection. Essential oils have not only been used in the medical application but also use extends to preservation of foods and in veterinary science. Additionally, machine learning methods can be used for classification and prediction of essential oil chemical components properties.
With these applications in mind, this Special Issue invites you to present your novel research within the field of aromatic plants and essential oils with the purpose of putting together a collection of high-quality outputs that can enhance the field of essential oil research.
Potential topics include but are not limited to:
- extraction
- characterization
- biological activity
- veterinary use
- toxicology
- interactive studies
- food formulation studies
- studies on essential oil compounds
- machine learning applications
Dr. Saša Đurović
Dr. Snežana Filip
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- essential oils
- terpenes
- extraction
- characterization
- biological activity
- application
- food formulation
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