Metabolites

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Nutritional Intervention and Metabolic Health: Multi-Omics Insights

edited by

Qingqing Mao

Yuyin Zhou

and

Hongming Su

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 253 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrition metabolism; metabolomics; metabolic diseases; lipidomics; proteomics; diet and nutrition; nutritional intervention; diet pattern

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Metabolism)

Stable Isotope Labeling and Its Applications in Metabolomics

edited by

Xian Luo

and Chao Wu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open

Keywords: metabolomics profiling; LC-MS; lipidomics; isotope labeling; metabolic flux

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metabolomic Profiling Technology)

Animal Nutritional Metabolism and Toxicosis Disease, 2nd Edition

edited by

Meng-yao Guo

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 44 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-fat food; mammals; fish; metabolic blocks; toxosis; treatment of disease

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Metabolism)

Advances in Secondary Metabolites: Phytochemical Analysis and Bioactivity Assays—2nd Edition

edited by

Chiara Toniolo

and

Luca Santi

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 37 | Submission Open

Keywords: secondary metabolites; phytochemical analysis; biological activity; plant extracts; bioactive compounds; medicinal plants; food plants

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Metabolism)

Metabolic Signatures in Human Health and Disease

edited by Samantha Lodge

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open

Keywords: inflammation; disease biomarkers; metabolomic health; healthy ageing; obesity; chronic disease; metabolic phenotyping

(This special issue belongs to the Section Integrative Metabolomics)

Biological Activity and Chemical Biodiversity of Plant Secondary Metabolites

edited by

Catherine Cook

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 24 | Submission Open

Keywords: secondary metabolites; chemical diversity; biological activities; plant defense; environmental interactions; nutritional and medicinal applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Metabolism)

Integration of Emerging Technologies in Metabolite Analysis, 2nd Edition

edited by Kumari Ubhayasekera

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 20 | Submission Open

Keywords: liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; NMR; metabolomics; smaller molecules; supercritical chromatography; gas chromatography

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metabolomic Profiling Technology)

Metabolomics and Lipidomics in MASLD and Related Liver Disorders

edited by Aleksandra Bołdys and Michał Nicze

submission deadline 1 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: MASLD; metabolomics; lipidomics; liver disease; biomarkers; metabolic profiling; nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; oxidative stress; mitochondrial dysfunction; systems biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research)

Functional Foods and Natural Bioactive Compounds: Strategies to Face Metabolic Syndrome and Related Non-Communicable Diseases—2nd Edition

edited by

Paola Gauffin-Cano

, Sebastián Torres and

Roxana Medina

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 35 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional foods; bioactive compounds; fermented foods; fermented beverages; fermented vegetable foods; probiotics; prebiotics; synbiotics; postbiotics; metabolic syndrome; non-communicable diseases

Plant-Derived Molecules in Prevention of Metabolic and Oxidative Stress-Related Diseases

edited by Hicham Harnafi

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2015 | Submission Open

Keywords: lipid metabolism; oxidative stress; inflammation; metabolic diseases; cardiometabolic health; plant-derived molecules

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Metabolism)

Metabolomics Techniques in Nutrition and Pharmacy Research

edited by

Blake Rushing

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1924 | Submission Open

Keywords: metabolomics; precision nutrition; precision medicine; nutritional biomarkers; pharmacometabolomics; mass spectrometry; metabolic pathways; omics integration; diet– drug interactions; personalized therapeutics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Metabolism)

Nature’s Vanguard: Secondary Metabolites and Their Emerging Role in the Evolution of Cancer Therapy

edited by

Thiago André Moura Veiga

and

Edgar Julian Paredes-Gamero

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural compounds; cell signaling; cytotoxic effects; mechanism of action; molecular dereplication; plant; fungi; bacteria; marines; molecular docking

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Metabolism)

Advancements in Mass Spectrometry Techniques for Metabolomic and Pharmaceutical Analysis

edited by

Xiaowei Song

and Fangling Wu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 21 | Submission Open

Keywords: ambient ionization; mass spectrometry imaging; sample pretreatment; isomer analysis; marker discovery; ion annotation; structural identification; artificial intelligence; multi-omics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology and Drug Metabolism)

Novel Methods of Mass Spectrometry Imaging Towards Biomedical and Environmental Applications

edited by