Natural Bioactive Compounds from Fruits, Herbs, and Vegetables as Health Promoters—Second Edition
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 215
Editors
Interests: plant biotechnology; phytochemistry; pharmaceutical botany; biochemistry
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Interests: plant biotechnology; phytochemistry; pharmaceutical botany; HPLC analyses
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Natural products constitute a vast pool of metabolites characterized by high structural diversity and a wide range of biological activities. Plant-derived metabolites, in particular, exhibit antioxidant, antimicrobial, immunostimulating, and antiproliferative properties. Many of them function as cardioprotective and neuroprotective agents and may support therapies for metabolic disorders such as diabetes and obesity. In daily life, humans consume numerous bioactive compounds through food—especially raw or minimally processed foods, which are rich sources of these beneficial metabolites.
The main aim of this Special Issue, “Natural Bioactive Compounds from Fruits, Herbs, and Vegetables as Health Promoters—Second Edition,” is to present new research and findings on the health-promoting properties of naturally derived compounds. We especially welcome studies demonstrating the biological activity of isolated natural products or extracts obtained from fruits, herbs, and vegetables.
We warmly invite you to contribute to this Special Issue with your original research articles or review papers.
Dr. Inga Kwiecien
Dr. Agnieszka Szewczyk
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural products
- bioactive effects
- structure-bioactivity relations
- in vitro methods
- in vivo tests
- health benefits
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