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Amino Acid Metabolism and Function in Human Diseases
edited by Jolanta Bugajska and Krystyna Sztefko
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1458 | Submission Open
Keywords: free amino acids; civilization diseases; obesity; diabetes; liver disease; heart diseases; reference intervals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cell Metabolism)
Role of Metabolic Factors and Their Interactions on Diabetes and Its Complications
edited by Yun Shen
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 576 | Submission Open
Keywords: metabolic risk factors; diabetes comorbidities; bioinformatics; machine learning; multi-omics integration; cardiovascular disease; dyslipidemia; insulin resistance; biomarkers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research)
Lipidomic Signatures in Pediatric Metabolic Disorders submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 508 | Submission Open
Keywords: lipidomics; lipids; mass spectrometry; pediatric population; therapeutic targets; biomarkers; metabolic disorder
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lipid Metabolism)
Metabolomics in Clinical Research: Advancing Precision Medicine Through the Analysis of Biological Samples
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 340 | Submission Open
Keywords: metabolomics; precision medicine; biomarker discovery; clinical research; disease mechanisms; metabolic profiling; multi-omics integration; biological samples; diagnostic biomarkers; therapeutic monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research)
Metabolic Changes in Diet-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 251 | Submission Open
Keywords: nutrition; Westernized diet; inflammation; immune system; cancer; metabolic reprogramming; au-toimmune disease; obesity; allergies; inflammatory bowel diseases; celiac disease
(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Metabolism)
Circadian System Associated with Lipid Metabolism and Metabolic Diseases
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 197 | Submission Open
Keywords: circadian rhythm; circadian clock; lipid transport; lipid oxidation; lipid synthesis; lipid metabolism; lipoprotein
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cell Metabolism)
Biomarkers and Human Blood Metabolites 2025
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open
Keywords: blood metabolites as human biomarkers; identification of disease and non-disease biomarkers; understanding the pathogenesis of the diseases through metabolites; physiological response against environmental stress or stimuli; exposure to toxin or chemical drugs; lifestyle; nutrition; and genetic or epigenetic factors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research)
Metabolomics and Bioinformatics Approaches to Studying Human Gut Microbiota-Derived Metabolites
edited by Zhiwei Zhou, Shipei Xing and Xiaotao Shen
submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3380 | Submission Open
Keywords: metabolomics; bioinformatics; databases; gut microbiota; microbiome; host– microbe interaction; microbial metabolism; multiomics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiology and Ecological Metabolomics)
Reactive Oxygen Species and Energy Metabolic Alterations in Health and Disease submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3869 | Submission Open
Keywords: cancer; ROS; glycolysis; mitochondria; autophagy; antioxidant system; glutathione; oxidative phosphorylation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cell Metabolism)
Effects of Secondary Plant Metabolites on Human Health submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open
Keywords: human health; inflammation; cancer; obesity; antioxidants; phytochemicals; phytoestrogens; secondary metabolites; natural products
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Metabolism)
Nutritional and Metabolic Influences on Animal Growth and Reproduction
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3975 | Submission Open
Keywords: metabolites; nutritional and metabolic influences; animal development; meat quality; dairy science; animal reproduction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Metabolism)
Mass Spectrometry Imaging and Spatial Metabolomics
edited by and Chenglong Sun
submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3823 | Submission Open
Keywords: mass spectrometry imaging (MSI); spatial metabolomics; biomarker discovery; disease diagnostics; drug development; technical advancements; interdisciplinary approaches; imaging techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Metabolomic Profiling Technology)
Nutrition and Metabolism in Human Diseases 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7467 | Submission Open
Keywords: nutrition; metabolism; nutrient; metabolite; disease
(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Metabolism)
Plant Biotic and Abiotic Stress Responses and Tolerance: Phytohormonal and Metabolic Insights
edited by and Md. Al Mamun
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5949 | Submission Open
Keywords: biotic and abiotic stress; phytohormones: primary metabolism; secondary metabolites; plant– pathogen interactions; biostimulants; beneficial microbes; plant innate immunity; omics (genomics; transcriptomics; proteomics; metabolomics; etc.)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Metabolism)
Research on Lipid Metabolism in Animals
edited by , and Zhenlong Wang
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2577 | Submission Open
Keywords: lipid metabolism; bile acid; gut microbiota; obesity; meat quality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Metabolism)
Lipid Metabolism Dysregulation in Metabolic Disorders: Unraveling the Molecular Complexity
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2364 | Submission Open
Keywords: lipid metabolism; dyslipidemia; atherosclerosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lipid Metabolism)
Advances in LC-MS-Based Metabolomics: From (Un)targeted Screening to Structural Elucidation
edited by Andrea Castellaneta and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2244 | Submission Open
Keywords: liquid chromatography; high-resolution and multi-stage mass spectrometry; lipidomics; structure elucidation; LC-MS methods for metabolite screening; quantitative method development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Metabolomic Profiling Technology)
Identification of Plant Metabolites: Characterization and Biological Activities, 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2143 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural compounds; plant metabolites; separation techniques; biological activities
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Metabolism)
Biosynthesis, Metabolism, and Physiological Functions of Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (2nd Edition)
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1945 | Submission Open
Keywords: gamma-aminobutyric acid; metabolism and metabolomics; biotechnology and bioengineering; biosynthesis; physiological function; gamma-aminobutyric-acid-producing microbes; methodology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiology and Ecological Metabolomics)
Research of Inborn Errors of Metabolism submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1666 | Submission Open
Keywords: inborn errors of metabolism; pathogenic mechanisms; bio-chemical pathway; inherited diseases; diagnosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research)
Advances in Mass Spectrometry for Plant Metabolite Analysis: Techniques and Applications submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1517 | Submission Open
Keywords: mass spectrometry; plant metabolomics; biomarker discovery; metabolic networks: metabolic flux; MS data analysis; metabolic diseases
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Metabolism)
Metabolomics Approaches to Nutrition, Intestine and Farm Animal
edited by , and Aoyun Li
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1035 | Submission Open
Keywords: farm animal; nutrition; metabolomics; metabolism; gut microbiota
(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Metabolism)
Mass Spectrometry-Based Metabolomics for Advancing Personalized Medicine submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 950 | Submission Open
Keywords: mass spectrometry-based metabolomics; integrated-omics; personalized medicine; biomarker discovery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Advances in Metabolomics)
Flavonoids: Novel Therapeutic Potential for Chronic Diseases
edited by Aleksandra Kozłowska and Shawn R. Campagna
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 922 | Submission Open
Keywords: flavonoids; chronic diseases; inflammation; diabetes; anthocyanins; cardiovascular diseases; neurodegenerative disorders; quercetin
(This special issue belongs to the Section Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research)
Role of Nutraceuticals in Metabolic Disorders: Mechanisms and Benefits
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 381 | Submission Open
Keywords: nutraceuticals; functional foods; metabolic syndrome
(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Metabolism)
Evaluation of Metabolic Changes in Mice Under Chronic Toxic Substances Exposure
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 226 | Submission Open
Keywords: metabolomics; environmental contaminant; persistent organic pollutant; mass spectrometry; proteomics; toxicant; toxicological assessment; chronic toxicity; xenobiotic metabolism; lipidomic; dose– response relationship; molecular toxicology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Metabolomics)
Metabolism and Reproduction in Animals submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 167 | Submission Open
Keywords: metabolism; reproduction; welfare; nutraceuticals; oxidative stress; antioxidants; inflammation; cancer
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Metabolism)
Advances in Translational Oncology and Oncometabolism
edited by Graham Pidgeon and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open
Keywords: oncometabolism; obesity; clinical research; clinical trials; oncogenes; translational oncology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cell Metabolism)
Salivary Biomarkers and Metabolites in Pigs
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open
Keywords: saliva; biomarkers; welfare and health; animals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Metabolism)
Metabolic Biomarkers and Nutrition in Degenerative Conditions and Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery: 2nd Edition
edited by , and Maximos Frountzas
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomarkers; nutrition; metabolism; metabolomics; degenerative disease; Parkinson’ s disease; Alzheimer’ s disease; cardiovascular disease; gastrointestinal cancer surgery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research)
Metabolomics of Human Nutrition: The Dot of Human Nutrition and the Circle of Soil, Plants, Animals and Microbes in Relation to It, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open
Keywords: human nutrition; metabolomics; physiology; biochemistry; dietetics; pathophysiology; soil science; crop science; animal husbandry; microbes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Metabolism)
The Interaction Between Metabolic Dysfunction and Hypothalamic Inflammation
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open
Keywords: metabolic disorders; neuroinflammation; hypothalamus; energy homeostasis; feeding behavior; high-fat diets; obesity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research)
Dysbiosis and Metabolic Disorders of the Microbiota
edited by
submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4196 | Submission Open
Keywords: metabolomics; metagenomics; metaproteomics; metatranscriptomics; Liquid Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometer; gut microbiota; environmental microbiota; metabolism; metabolic disorders
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiology and Ecological Metabolomics)
Nutrition and Metabolism in Poultry submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 899 | Submission Open
Keywords: ingredient; feed additive; feed quality; nutrient utilization; intestinal health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Metabolism)
Mechanistic Insights into Metabolic Interactions with the Tumor Microenvironment
edited by
submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1462 | Submission Open
Keywords: metabolism; tumor microenvironment; therapy; immune cells; clinical oncology; metabolic pathways
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cell Metabolism)
The Relationship Between Adipose Tissue Insulin Resistance and Metabolic Syndrome
edited by
submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open
Keywords: adipose insulin resistance; metabolic syndrome; visceral adiposity; adipocytokines; insulin signaling; lipolysis dysregulation; cardiometabolic risk; lipotoxicity; adipose inflammation; insulin sensitivity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research)
Targeted and Non-Targeted LC- and GC-HRMS Workflows for the Analysis of Emerging Contaminants and the Environmental Exposome
edited by Lapo Renai and
submission deadline 16 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open
Keywords: chromatography; high-resolution mass spectrometry; non-targeted analysis; exposome; data analysis; environmental analysis; pharmaceuticals; poly- and perfluorinated substances; personal care products; transformation products feature detection and identification
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Metabolomics)
Diet, Gut Microbiota and Metabolic Health
edited by and
submission deadline 17 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 827 | Submission Open
Keywords: diet; nutrition; gut microbiota; metabolites; metabolism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Metabolism)
Neurometabolics in a Nutshell
edited by
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open
Keywords: neurometabolic disorders; rare diseases; diagnosis; differential diagnosis; treatment options
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cell Metabolism)
Sex Differences in Physical Exercise and Dietary Habits Effects on Metabolic Health
edited by Hannah Cabre and
submission deadline 28 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2168 | Submission Open
Keywords: sex differences; metabolomics; metabolites; menstrual cycle; aging; exercise performance; nutrition intervention; cardiometabolic
(This special issue belongs to the Section Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research)
Effects of Various Exercise Methods on Metabolic Health
edited by and Won-Sang Jung
submission deadline 28 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1944 | Submission Open
Keywords: exercise physiology; metabolism; insulin sensitivity; energy expenditure; cardiovascular health; resistance training; high-intensity interval training; hypoxia; mitochondrial function; metabolic syndrome
(This special issue belongs to the Section Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research)
Exploring and Expanding Horizons in Secondary Metabolites: Biosynthesis, Identification, Regulation and Biological Activity
edited by , and Claúdia Quintino Da Rocha
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4865 | Submission Open
Keywords: secondary metabolites; biosynthesis; regulation; identification; plants; microorganisms; marine organisms; animals; bioactivity; drug discovery; natural products
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology and Drug Metabolism)
Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Age-Related Metabolic Changes and Disorders
edited by , and Grzegorz Dziubanek
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4490 | Submission Open
Keywords: nutritional attitudes and behaviors; bioconcentration factor; health risk assessment; dietary exposure; farm-fresh foods; medicinal plants; gut microbiota; dietary supplements; trace elements— Zn; Cu; heavy metals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Metabolism)
Environmental Metabolites Insights into Health and Disease
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4453 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental metabolites; probiotics; health; disease; toxic metabolites; protective metabolites; metabolomics; environmental exposure; molecular mechanisms; metabolic pathways
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Metabolomics)
Metabolic Biomarkers in Type 2 Diabetes: From Discovery to Application
edited by Eiji Kutoh and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3379 | Submission Open
Keywords: metabolic biomarkers; type 2 diabetes (T2DM); glucose metabolism; insulin resistance; lipid profiles; diagnosis and prognosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research)
One-Carbon Metabolism in Pregnant Women, Fetuses, and Infants
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1771 | Submission Open
Keywords: folate cycle (5-methyltetrahydrofolate; folic acid; vitamin B12; serine; glycine); methionine cycle (homocysteine; methionine; S-adenosylmethionine; S-adenosylhomocysteine); choline metabolic pathway (betaine; choline); trans-sulfuration pathway (cysteine; taurine; vitamin B6); epigenetics; developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Metabolism)
Mass Spectrometry-Based Metabolomics in Health and Disease: Targeted Analysis and Its Trends submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1495 | Submission Open
Keywords: mass spectrometry-based metabolomics; targeted metabolomics; health and disease; precision medi-cine; biomarker discovery; metabolic pathways
(This special issue belongs to the Section Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research)
Interplay Between Metabolism, Oxidative Stress, and Cellular Signaling in Health and Disease submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1218 | Submission Open
Keywords: oxidative stress; metabolism; cellular signaling; lipid metabolism; ROS
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lipid Metabolism)
Environmental Exposure and Its Effects on Cardio-Respiratory and Metabolic Health
edited by and Tatt Jhong Haw
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 751 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental factors; pollution; cardiovascular; cardiometabolic risk factor; biomarkers; mechanisms; cardio-oncology; cardio-respiratory
(This special issue belongs to the Section Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research)
Phenological Regulation of Secondary Metabolism
edited by , Alma Rosa González-Esquinca and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 542 | Submission Open
Keywords: phenological fluctuations; metabolites’ phenological fluctuations; secondary metabolites; natural products; specialized metabolites
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Metabolism)
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