Functional Molecules Design for Nutrition Health
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 24
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biocomposite conjugated polymer; functional molecule design; nutrition intervention; food safety; risk control technology
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: synthesis and application of functional molecules; asymmetric catalysis; functional supramolecular gels; synthesis and application of functional organic covalent framework materials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Enabling molecules to precisely empower life activities, functional molecule design and nutritional health stand as a cutting-edge interdisciplinary field in modern nutrition and health sciences. It deeply integrates insights from chemistry, biology, materials science, and other disciplines, with its core logic rooted in deciphering the structure-activity relationships between molecular structure and biological activity. Through advanced approaches such as rational molecular design and directed evolution, natural molecules are precisely modified or entirely new molecular entities are synthesized, endowing them with regulable, specific physiological functions. These designed, modified, or synthesized bioactive molecules can target and regulate metabolic networks, precisely control gene expression, directionally alter protein modifications, and intelligently modulate microbial communities. In turn, they synergize with personalized nutrition protocols and precision therapeutic methods, driving nutritional health research to leap from the stage of “standardized universal recommendations” to that of “individualized targeted interventions.” Ultimately, through precise regulation at the molecular level, this field achieves personalized diagnosis and prevention of diseases, precise treatment, and comprehensive optimization of health status.
Prof. Dr. Libing Liu
Prof. Dr. Yu Feng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- molecule design
- biological activity
- nutrition and health
- personalized nutrition protocols
- precision therapeutic methods
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