Plant-Food-Derived Bioactives: Distribution, Extraction Methods and Health Benefits
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Foods".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 March 2026 | Viewed by 2711
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Interests: food biotechnology; polysaccharides; bioactive peptide; polyphenols; functional foods
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Interests: food nutrition and health; food biotechnology; food function; polysaccharides; bioactive peptide; polyphenols
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plant resources are widely distributed in nature, and edible plant resources refer to plants that can be eaten by human beings. Edible plants contain a variety of bioactive substances, including not only basic nutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins, and fats, but also secondary metabolites such as terpenes, flavonoids, alkaloids, steroids, lignin, minerals, and organic sulfides, which have a wide range of application prospects in healthcare products, functional foods, medicine, and other fields. Plant-food-derived bioactive substances have various biological activities, such as antioxidant, immune enhancement, anti-aging, cardiovascular protection, tumor inhibition, lipid metabolism regulation, cholesterol reduction, and microbial inhibition activities. The extraction of plant active ingredients is one of the current focuses of research. Traditional extraction methods include solvent methods and water steam distillation methods. With the continuous development of science and technology, some new preparation techniques have also been applied to the preparation of plant active ingredients. Enzymatic hydrolysis, microwave-assisted extraction, ultrasonic extraction, high-pressure extraction, supercritical extraction, and other technologies have been utilized in the extraction of plant active substances, which can significantly improve the extraction efficiency and yield of active ingredients. The exploration of plant-food-derived bioactive substances can provide the basis for the full development and utilization of plant resources.
Dr. Meng Meng
Dr. Huiqing Sun
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant resources
- bioactive substances
- extraction techniques structural characterization
- biological activity and mechanisms
- functional foods
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