Flavonoids in Plant Foods: Extraction, Identification, Metabolism, Bioavailability and Health
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Foods".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2025 | Viewed by 126
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bioactive compounds and health effects; alternative protein; valorization to underused food and byproducts; functional food; prebiotics, probiotics and paraprobiotics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Flavonoids are a group of bioactive compounds contained in plant foods with potential health benefits. The antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-obesogenic and immunomodulatory activity they display are just some of the health benefits that have been identified through different experimental models. However, the diversity, metabolism and bioavailability of flavonoids, as well as the mechanisms by which they induce health benefits, are still being evaluated, so research in this area is relevant and necessary.
This Special Issue aims to receive contributions offering considerable advances in the field of flavonoids, specifically those that include developments in extraction, identification, metabolism, bioavailability and their effects on health. These investigations will contribute to identifying strategies to incorporate flavonoids in supplements, nutraceuticals and functional foods and thereby contribute to their benefits reaching the population, which may be otherwise limited because flavonoids are found in perishable plant foods.
We cordially invite fellow researchers in these fields to submit their contributions to this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Norma Julieta Salazar-López
Dr. Maribel Robles-Sánchez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- flavonoids
- biological activities
- metabolism
- functional foods
- nutraceuticals
- bioavailability
- absorption of flavonoids
- digestive simulation
- pharmacokinetics
- green extraction techniques
- sustainable extraction
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