Discovery of Bioactive Ingredients from Natural Products

Dear Colleagues,

The Mediterranean diet is worldwide recognized as associated to a lower risk of cancer, heart disease and stroke. This lower risk is universally ascribed to the high intake of vegetables and fruits, thus producing an high ingestion of phytochemicals. At present there is a great interest in the development of new nutraceuticals of natural origin to be employed within the pharmaceutical field and/or as dietary supplements. For instance, agri-food industry produces a large amount of wastes which can be conveniently used for the recovery of valuable health-promoting compounds to be used as natural ingredients.

Therefore, this Special Issue of Molecules is dedicated to original research and review articles that cover the latest findings about new extraction techniques for the recovery of bioactive constituents from fruit and/or vegetables, chemical characterization of phytoextracts with valuable biological activity, in-vivo tests and in-vitro bioassays to support biological activity of purified compounds, complex extracts and /or combined extracts deriving from different matrices. Studies aimed at the valorization of bioactive extracts deriving from traditional or ancient plant and/or fruit species are also welcome.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Chemistry.

Dr. Simona Fabroni
Prof. Krystian Marszałek
Prof. Aldo Todaro
Guest Editors

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