Lipid Profiling (Lipidome) of Marine Organisms to Foster Biotechnological and Medical Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Lipids are major components of marine organisms, as main constituents of cell membranes, as signaling molecules, and as energy sources. Different marine organisms have their specific lipidome, which can be used as biomarkers of trophic chains in marine ecosystems or even to disclose the nutritional value or prospective bioactive compounds. The lipidome of marine organisms is largely unknown, due to the great biochemical diversity and the presence of a large number of different molecular lipid species. The presence of a certain family of lipids can foster the valorization of marine organisms for different applications. However, lipid composition may shift based on species, the origin of organisms, the environment, and the availability of nutrients. Modern lipidomics approaches allow us to overcome this challenge to decode and map the whole lipidome of marine organisms.

This Special Issue of Marine Drugs titled “Lipid Profiling (Lipidome) of Marine Organisms to Foster Biotechnological and Medical Applications” aims to provide a comprehensive lipidomics analysis of a great variety of marine organisms to identify lipid molecular species with added value and health-promoting properties for biotechnological and medical applications, such as nutraceuticals, functional food, or supplements in the food and pharma industries.

As guest editors, we invite colleagues working on marine lipids and their applications to contribute interesting papers to this Special Issue of Marine Drugs with the aim of filling the existing gap in our knowledge of the lipidome of marine organisms.

Dr. Elisabete Maciel
Dr. Tânia Melo
Guest Editors

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