Proteomics and Metabolomics Studies of Food Plants

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to submit an original research or review article to the Special Issue entitled “Proteomics and Metabolomics Studies of Food Plants”.

Food plants are considered one of the most complex matrices in nature due to their richness in phytochemicals, especially secondary metabolites, and nutrients such as proteins. The development and advancement of omics technology allow the comprehensive characterization of these compounds by providing their chemical fingerprint and functional biomarkers. These data can support important decisions to obtain, extract and apply compounds of biotechnological interest. 

This Special Issue is dedicated to metabolomics and proteomics studies that investigate food plants based on chromatography and mass spectrometry techniques, especially LC-MS/MS, but not exclusively. The topics of this Special Issue include: untargeted and targeted analysis of bioactive compounds, proteins and peptides of food plants; metabolomics data processing and identification/annotation of phenolic compounds; food plant imaging; bioaccessibility/bioavailability of secondary metabolites and protein digestibility assessed by omics tools; and metabolomic and proteomic applications in food plant quality control, process engineering and nutrition.

Advances in data processing and annotation of food plant metabolites, the application of proteomics in studying allergenicity and developing certified reference material and the impact of food processing metabolites and protein profiles are also of interest. Manuscripts that propose other innovations or challenging issues that may push the boundaries of food metabolomics and proteomics are also highly desired.

Prof. Dr. Mariana Simões Larraz Ferreira
Prof. Dr. Jesús Lozano-Sánchez
Dr. Fábio César Sousa Nogueira
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Metabolites is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.