Advances in Understanding the Molecular Basis of Antimicrobial Properties in Natural Products, Functional Additives, and Food-Derived Compounds
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Biochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2026 | Viewed by 1336
Editor
Interests: food safety; food protection; biofilm; antimicrobial; probiotic; functional food; lactic acid bacteria; LAB
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, in the scientific community has been reviving its interest in natural antibacterial substances. Topics of interest include plant extracts, essential oils, bacterial metabolites, functional (food) additives, and food components such as antibacterial peptides. The antibacterial effects of many natural substances are widely known, but increasingly refined research methods and techniques allow us to better understand the mechanisms of their action on bacterial cells.
In this Special Issue, we want to explore the antibacterial effects of natural substances. We are interested in the effectiveness of these substances, their targeting and spectrum of action, as well as the molecular mechanism of their action on diverse groups of microorganisms. We encourage the publication of short communications and scientific and review articles.
Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Antibacterial activity of natural substances—target and spectrum of action
- Search for and identification of new natural compounds with antibacterial activity
- New insights into the mechanism of action of natural compounds and functional additives on bacterial cells
- Innovative methods for testing the antibacterial properties of natural and food-derived substances
Dr. Aleksandra Maria Kocot
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- natural antibacterial substances
- antibacterial activity
- bacterial metabolites
- functional additives
- antibacterial peptides
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