30th Anniversary of Molecules—Recent Advances in Food Chemistry
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Carotenoids; agro-industrial by-products valorization; green extraction technologies bioactive compounds; functional foods; bioaccessibility; toxicokinetic; circular bioeconomy;
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Interests: by-products; bioactive compounds; circular economy; industrial symbiosis; HLPC-MS; spectroscopic analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The year 2026 will mark the 30th anniversary of Molecules, and to celebrate this exciting milestone, we have set up a Special Issue, “The 30th Anniversary of Molecules—Recent Advances in Food Chemistry”, with the aim of publishing cutting-edge research in our Section.
Food Chemistry is a multidisciplinary field that focuses on the molecular basis of food components, their interactions, transformations, and functions. This includes research on functional foods, nutraceuticals, traditional edible medicines, and food-derived bioactive compounds. The Section is particularly interested in studies related to the identification, characterization, and evaluation of molecules within the food matrix that contribute to food quality, safety, nutrition, and health-promoting properties.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to feature the latest, high-quality, advanced research and knowledge contributed by various research groups working on food chemistry.
Contributions to this Special Issue may include—but are not limited to—the isolation and structural elucidation of food-related compounds, analytical profiling of ingredients using advanced molecular techniques, studies on bioactivity and structure–activity relationships, fermentation and processing-related chemical changes, bioaccessibility and bioavailability assessments, and research on food safety, packaging, additives, and contaminants, all based on molecular-level investigations.
We warmly invite and encourage all research groups working across the diverse fields of food chemistry to contribute to this important and celebratory Special Issue.
Dr. Marta Isabel Isabel Correia Coelho
Prof. Dr. Ana Barros
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Functional Foods
- Nutraceuticals
- Bioactive Compounds
- Analytical Techniques
- by-products
- Food Chemistry
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