Bioactive Compounds: Plant Stress Responses, Metabolic Regulation, and Therapeutic Insights
A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 May 2026 | Viewed by 120
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nutritional food security; abiotic stress; plant-soil nutrient interaction
Interests: plant molecular biology; abiotic stress tolerance; crop improvement
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Natural resources such as plant-derived compounds, seaweed formulations, and microbial inoculants are being widely explored as eco-friendly strategies to support sustainable agriculture. These inputs enrich soils, promote plant growth, and enhance tolerance to environmental stresses. In parallel, extracts and metabolites obtained from these resources exhibit significant antioxidant, cytotoxic, and anticancer activities, highlighting their potential in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical development.
This Special Issue invites interdisciplinary contributions exploring the roles, mechanisms, and applications of bioactive compounds in plant growth, metabolic regulation, stress adaptation, and therapeutic applications, with emphasis on integrative approaches including multi-omics, metabolite profiling, genome editing, and field validation.
*Key themes include (but are not limited to) the following:*
- Impacts on plant physiology, metabolism, and yield;
- Roles in abiotic stress adaptation;
- Regulation of secondary metabolites;
- Nutrient uptake, signaling, and metabolic efficiency;
- Organic amendments and soil quality improvement;
- Gene expression, molecular networks, and pathway regulation;
- Integrative multi-omics approaches;
- Therapeutic bioactivities;
- Cytotoxicity and antioxidant potential of plant extracts and metabolites.
Dr. Periyasamy Rathinapriya
Dr. Theivanayagam Maharajan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- abiotic stress adaptation
- antioxidant potential
- cytotoxic and therapeutic activity
- plant-derived elicitors
- plant metabolism
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