Plant and Derived Natural Product Metabolomics

Dear Colleagues,

The study and applications of metabolites, also known as Metabolomics, is an interesting topic of study which has been growing in significance in the last few years. However, the systematic study of metabolites in plants and their application in natural products is still facing issues due to the high diversity of useful small metabolites in plant matrices. Metabolites in plants produce the color, taste, aroma, and scent of fruits and flowers, plant metabolites are associated with many resistance and stress responses in plants, and metabolomics analyses can be useful for various purposes, such as evaluation of pharmaceutical production, food safety assessment, chemotaxonomy, crop quality improvement, and plant metabolic engineering. Bioactive plant metabolites are useful in a myriad of applications, mostly related with human health diseases. Moreover, the understanding of plant physiology and biology from the analysis of small molecules and physiological processes such as cellular responses to various stimuli are key aspects to consider. Therefore, in this Special Issue, I invite research and review articles for “Plant Natural Product Metabolomics”. The contribution should be clearly stated in the manuscript, mainly linked to the metabolomics of sources of bioactive natural products, and related topics. The main methods used should be mass spectrometry, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, or other suitable techniques. Both untargeted and targeted analysis of bioactive metabolites are welcome. The envisaged topics include dietary and pharmacological interventions, metabolic flux analysis, genetic manipulation, in vitro/in vivo imaging, and protocol development for metabolomic experiments.

The Special Issue is open for submissions now. Certain extensions may be granted if you kindly let me know in advance. Accepted papers will be published rapidly and will be listed together on the Special Issue website.

Dr. Mario Juan Simirgiotis Aguero
Prof. Dr. Ute Roessner
Guest Editors

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