Herbal Extracts and Phytochemicals: Nutrition, Bioactivity, and Safety Assessment
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemicals and Human Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 November 2025 | Viewed by 18
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Dear Colleagues,
Plants contain essential nutrients, including proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals. These components are used in various physiological processes and thus play a key role in the functioning of the human body. On the other hand, bioactive components such as polyphenols, carotenoids, alkaloids, phenols, terpenoids, phytosterols, saponins, and fiber are also found in plants. Thus, phytochemicals offer a wide range of potential health benefits for humans. Thus, it is important that we expand the therapeutic potential of plants by continuously studying their chemical and biological components. However, in evaluating their therapeutic efficacy, attention must be paid to their safety regarding human health and the potential toxicity caused by various interactions due to their diverse chemical structures and biological properties.
This Special Issue will bring together the latest high-quality research on phytochemicals: dietary and plant sources, relevance to health, nutritional and medical research (the impact of bioactive substances in reducing the risk of chronic diseases), mechanisms of metabolism and absorption, bioavailability, interactions, extraction techniques, potential toxicity, and side effects. This research will be useful in developing new functional foods and nutraceuticals in the future.
Dr. Barbara Bobrowska-Korczak
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- phytochemicals
- polyphenols
- bioactive components
- chronic disease
- bioavailability
- functional foods and nutraceuticals
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