Plant Extracts and Bioactive Molecules with Potential Benefits for Human Health

Dear Colleagues,

Plants contain valuable bioactive constituents that have health benefits, preventing and treating various diseases and improving consumer wellbeing. Medicines, healthcare products, dietary supplements, food preservatives, and cosmetics are among the many applications of these phytochemicals, which have substantial economic value. Thus, through advanced extraction and purification techniques, scientists can investigate a wide range of bioactive phytocompounds, aiming to decipher their influence on various cellular and molecular processes.

This Special Issue will focus on the following topics:

• current trends in plant product biotechnology;
• identification and quantification of bioactive compounds in plant extracts;
• plant-derived natural products as a source for drug development;
• phytobioactive compounds as therapeutic agents for human diseases;
• dual redox behavior of plant secondary metabolites and benefits in health and disease;
• cellular and molecular mechanisms of bioactive phytocompounds in prevention and treatment of various diseases;
• essential oils and other plant-derived products for applications as food preservatives;
• advances in food products enriched with plant extracts;
• role of a plant-based diet in preventing and treating various diseases.

Dr. Violeta Popovici
Prof. Dr. Cerasela Elena Gîrd
Dr. Emma Adriana Ozon
Guest Editors

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