Bioactives and Nutraceuticals
A section of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067).
Section Information
This section of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS) aims to rapidly publish contributions that report on novel research findings regarding bioactive compounds and nutraceutical products. The focus is not only on the chemical composition of these ingredients, but, more specifically, in describing their mechanism of action in improving human nutrition. We welcome submissions and studies on nutritional applications using biological, chemical, cellular, molecular, and immunological methods. Topics include, but are not limited to:
- the discovery of novel bioactive natural products
- the role of these products in manipulating food structure and hence potential physiological mediation for human nutrition
- the use of in vitro and in vivo bioactivity research using cell lines and animal models as exemplars of human physiology
Importantly, the exact active ingredient of natural origin extract must be reported in the submitted research manuscript, since papers describing the effects of mixed extraction from natural origin are not in the scope of the journal.
Keywords
bioactive; nutraceutical; nutrient; health; diet; functional food; obesity; diabetes; cancer; cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases; vitamins; proteins; peptides; polysaccharides; carotenoids; polyphenols; phytosterols and isoflavones; saponins; phytic acid; probiotics; prebiotics; enzymes; flavonoids; caffeine; carnitine; choline; creatine; dithiolthiones; phytoestrogens; glucosinolates, etc.etc.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Bioactive Phytochemicals and Functional Food Ingredients in Fruits and Vegetables 2022 (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Selenium and Selenoderivatives as Emerging Bioactive Agents for Human Diseases (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Dietary Bioactive Components in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Antitumor/Anti-inflammatory Activities of Natural Compounds from Plants 2.0 (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Probiotics in Human Health and Diseases (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Molecular Mechanisms of Trace Elements Metabolism (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Phytochemicals and Cancer (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Nutraceuticals in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Novel Findings and Insights into Dietary Proteins and Bioactive Peptides in Gastrointestinal Diseases (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Bioactive Lipids for Health Benefits (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Natural Products and Neuroprotection 3.0 (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Food Bioactive Peptides (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- The Effect of Dietary Antioxidants on Metabolic Diseases (Deadline: 15 June 2022)
- Marine Natural Products Identified by Molecular Approaches and Human Disease (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Bioactive Compounds: Potential New Anti-inflammatory Drugs (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Effects of Nutrients, Dietary Components, and Functional Food on Immune and Inflammatory Responses (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Advances in Natural Products for Application in Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy 2.0 (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- The Role of Magnesium and Other Bio-Elements in Pathoetiology of Human and Animal Ailments (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Nutraceuticals in Human Diseases: Metabolism and Interactions (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Quantitative Identification and Action-Mechanisms of Anti-cancer and Anti-inflammatory Natural Compounds 2.0 (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Disease Remediation Using Phytochemicals and Nano-Materials (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- New Insight into Cannabinoid Effects (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Peptides for Health Benefits 2021 (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Research on Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Marine Bioactive Substances for Metabolic Syndrome (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Natural and Semi-Synthetic Small Molecules in Drug Discovery 2.0 (Deadline: 15 July 2022)
- Phenolic Compounds from Plants: Towards the Formulation of New Nutraceuticals (Deadline: 16 July 2022)
- Natural Products and Phytochemicals in Preventing and Treating Cancers (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Nutritional Biochemistry (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Studies on Lactic Acid Bacteria and Their Products in Health and Diseases (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Polyphenols and Neurodegenerative Disorders (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Nutraceuticals in the Prevention and Treatment of Inflammatory Diseases (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Pleiotropic Action of Selenium in the Treatment of Cancer and Related Diseases 2.0 (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Impact of Nutrient on Metabolic Homeostasis (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Role of Natural Antioxidants in Human Health (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Natural Products and Obesity (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Phytochemicals and Nutrients in Cancer Prevention and Treatment: Recent Trends and Advances (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Biotransformation of Natural Products and Phytochemicals: Metabolites, Their Preparation and Properties (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- XVIth Congress of the Polish Society of Veterinary Sciences 2021 (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Dietary Bioactive Compounds and Breast Cancer II (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Bioactive Compounds on Mental Disorders (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Food Bioactive Components, Nutrition and Immune Modulation (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Bioactive Peptides in Human Health and Disease (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Therapeutic Use of Phytopharmaceuticals in Non-communicable Diseases (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Advances in Oxytocin 2.0 (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Human Gut Microbiome and Diet in Health and Disease (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Characterization and Biological Function of Milk-Derived miRNAs (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Bioactive Phenolics and Polyphenols 2022 (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Natural Antioxidants in Cell Signaling 2.0 (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Amino Acid Metabolism and Regulation in Health and Disease 2.0 (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Gut Microbiota and Food Ingredients (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Molecular Mechanisms of Natural Products and Phytochemicals in Immune Cells and Asthma (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Gut Microbiota Colonization and Food Impact (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Physiological and Processing Effects on Food Derived Bioactive Compounds (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Phospholipids, Phosphosteroids and Sphingolipids in Metabolism and Health (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Nutraceuticals in Cancer and Disease Prevention 2.0 (Deadline: 29 September 2022)
- Role of Bioactives in Neurodegenerative Diseases (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Molecular Mechanisms of Bioactive Nutrients Promoting Health through Gut Microbiota 2.0 (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- New Approaches for the Management of Metabolic Syndrome and Related Health Alterations: A Focus in Probiotics, Parabiotics and Postbiotics (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Chronic Diseases (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Targeted Protection of Bioactive Compounds to Mitochondria 2.0 (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Nutrition and Metabolism in Health and Disease: From Gene to Organism (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Green Synthesis of Bioactive Molecules: Recent Advances in Medicinal Chemistry (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Anthocyanins: Chemistry and Bioactivity 2.0 (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Natural Bioactives and Molecular Pathways of Inflammation (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Nutrition, Obesity and Associated Morbidities (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Oils Seeds as a Source of Bioactive Compounds (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Natural Antioxidants in Human Health and Disease (Deadline: 15 October 2022)
- Sodium Intake and Related Diseases 2.0 (Deadline: 15 October 2022)
- Bioactive Compounds: From Diet to Therapeutic Use (Deadline: 20 October 2022)
- Nutrients and Neurodegenerative Diseases (Deadline: 20 October 2022)
- Nutrition, Epigenetics, and Diseases 2.0 (Deadline: 25 October 2022)
- Correlation between Nutrition, Oxidative Stress and Disease 3.0 (Deadline: 26 October 2022)
- Molecular Mechanisms of Anti-inflammatory Phytochemicals 2.0 (Deadline: 27 October 2022)
- Natural Products as Metabolic Modulators in the Tumor Microenvironment (Deadline: 27 October 2022)
- The Emerging Roles of miRNAs in the Natural-Compound-Based Treatment of Cancer (Deadline: 28 October 2022)
- Bioactive Compounds in the Pathogenesis, Prevention, and Therapy of Eye Diseases 2.0 (Deadline: 30 October 2022)
- Polyphenols-Biological Systems Crosstalk (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- The Effect of Phenolic Compounds in Human Diseases (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- The Role of Natural Products in Immunopharmacology (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- The Emerging Role of Natural Products in Chronic Inflammation (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Lactoferrin, the Moonlighting Protein of Innate Immunity (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Leptin and Obesity: New Discoveries and Future Perspectives (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Polyphenols and Their Impact on Human Health (Deadline: 15 November 2022)
- Benefits of Bioactive Molecules from Food in Cardiovascular Disease (Deadline: 15 November 2022)
- Bioactive Medicinal Products in the Prevention and Treatment of Pulmonary Disease (Deadline: 20 November 2022)
- Flavonoids and Their Impact on Human Health (Deadline: 20 November 2022)
- Bioactive Molecules and Prebiotics for Gut Health and Beyond (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Effect of Maternal High-Fat Diet on Offspring’s Health (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Bioactives in Fruit and Vegetables (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Mechanisms of Phytochemicals in Anti-inflammatory and Anti-cancer (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Plant Phenols and Their Impact on Human Health and Performance (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Natural Products in Cancer 2022 (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Prebiotics and Probiotics: Healthy Biotools for Molecular Integrative and Modulation Approaches (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis in Relation to Non-communicable Diseases (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Chemopreventive Activities of Phytochemicals 2022 (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Novel Natural Compound for Wound and Tissue Repair and Regeneration (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Melanins and Melanogenesis 3.0: From Nature to Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- (Poly)phenols: The Missing Piece in the Puzzle of Inflammation (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Enzymatic Synthesis of Novel and Bioactive Compounds (Deadline: 20 February 2023)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Advances in Omega-3 Research
- Bioactive Natural Compounds for Therapeutics and Nutraceutical Applications
- Feature Papers in Bioactives and Nutraceuticals
- State-of-the-Art Bioactives and Nutraceuticals in Australia
- State-of-the-Art Bioactives and Nutraceuticals in France
- State-of-the-Art Bioactives and Nutraceuticals in Italy
- State-of-the-Art Bioactives and Nutraceuticals in Korea
- State-of-the-Art Bioactives and Nutraceuticals in Spain
- State-of-the-Art Bioactives and Nutraceuticals in USA
- Targeted Protection of Mitochondrial Functions by Bioactive Natural Products
- The Use of In Vitro and In Vivo Models for Research on Bioactive Compounds
