Phenolic Compounds and Metabolome

Dear Colleagues,

Scientists have a continually growing interest in plant secondary metabolites with respect to their biological activities and the properties in relation to their use in the nutraceutical field. In particular, phenolic compounds are known to possess remarkable properties from a pharmaceutical and nutritional point of view, and at the same time, they are important indicators of the physiological status of plants. This Special Issue aims at gathering the most recent contributions in relation to their chemical characteristics, extraction, analytical techniques for their determination, and assessing their biological activities.

Contributions to this Special Issue, both in the form of original research and review articles, may cover all aspects of plant metabolome studies with particular attention on phenolic compounds and other bioactive molecules, including:

• Their chemical characterization in different plant species;
• Methods for their extraction, purification, and quantification;
• Food waste or byproducts valorization;
• Effects of biotic/abiotic stress on plant metabolome;
• The metabolomics approach in geographical origin determination and metabolomic fingerprinting.

Prof. Dr. Gabriele Capodaglio
Prof. Dr. Esra Capanoglu
Dr. Elisa Scalabrin
Dr. Marta Radaelli
Guest Editors

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