Natural Bioactives for a Healthy and Sustainable Diet
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemicals and Human Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 July 2026 | Viewed by 4
Special Issue Editors
Interests: natural products; bioactive compounds; pharmacological activity; cancer chemoresistance; antioxidant and anti-inflammatory mechanisms; drug discovery; functional foods; molecular pharmacology; toxicology; biotechnology; cellular models; human health; sustainable bioproducts
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Interests: natural products; bioactive compounds; pharmacological activity; cancer chemoresistance; antioxidant and anti-inflammatory mechanisms; drug discovery; functional foods; molecular pharmacology; toxicology; biotechnology; cellular models; human health; sustainable bioproducts
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Natural products represent an invaluable source of bioactive compounds with nutritional and health-promoting properties. These compounds exert antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antitumor, and metabolic regulatory effects that contribute to disease prevention and the maintenance of human health. Recent advances in extraction, isolation, and characterization techniques have enhanced our understanding of their bioavailability, mechanisms of action, and synergistic interactions within the diet.
This Special Issue will showcase original research articles and critical reviews exploring the nutritional relevance and functional roles of bioactive compounds from natural sources in human health. Studies exploring innovative dietary formulations, metabolism, and absorption and preclinical and clinical evaluations linking these compounds to improved nutritional status, chronic disease prevention, or metabolic balance are particularly welcome.
By bringing together multidisciplinary approaches—from food chemistry and nutritional biochemistry to clinical nutrition—this Special Issue will advance the scientific basis for using natural bioactives as essential components of a healthy and sustainable diet.
Dr. Josiana A. Vaz
Dr. Filipa Mandim
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural products
- bioactive compounds
- functional foods
- nutritional biochemistry
- health-promoting natural products
- human nutrition
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