Use of “Omics”-Based Technologies for Exploring the Potential Health Benefits of Naturally Derived Products

Dear Colleagues,

Developments in “omics” approaches in recent decades have greatly increased our knowledge in many fields of science, including food and nutrition. Bioactive compounds/nutrients derived from natural products, such as herbal medicines, fatty acids, pre-, pro-, and post-biotics, and peptides, have been proposed as effective therapeutic agents resulting in different health outcomes, such as improvements in metabolic, inflammatory, and neurological disorders. Naturally found active substances with potential health benefits, whether consumed as part of food, dietary supplements, or functional foods, have been extensively but not exhaustively investigated. Omics-based technologies (genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and transcriptomics) are particularly useful for multiple aspects of natural product-related studies, such as the investigation of characteristic secondary metabolite expression and biomarkers. Exploring novel sources of natural products and deeper investigations on natural product-based nutritional interventions can for the basis of single/multiple omics approaches to obtain and comprehensively understand the potential mechanisms of action. Integrating “omics” techniques into natural product-related studies enables researchers to more adequately connect food and diet with health and diseases. Furthermore, there has been rapid growth in terms of the wide application of foodomics technologies for investigating the beneficial activities of natural products on human health, nutrition, and wellbeing.

For this Special Issue of Nutrients, we would like to invite authors to submit original manuscripts within the scope of the proposed topics. Submissions of original research, reviews of the current scientific literature, including systematic reviews and meta-analyses, and short reports are welcomed.

Dr. Kai Wang
Dr. Nenad Naumovski
Dr. Suvimol Charoensiddhi
Guest Editors

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