Phytochemical Profiling and Bioactive Potential of Plants
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 51
Special Issue Editor
Interests: phytochemical analysis; LC-MS; plant metabolomics; pharmacognosy
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Dear Colleagues,
Phytochemical profiling and analytical methods are of particular interest in plant science. In the last decade, intensive research in the field of specialized (secondary) plant metabolites has led to the development of a variety of hyphenated techniques, such as LC/UV, LC/MS, and LC/NMR. These techniques analyze the chemical composition of plants and quickly provide structural information, leading in many cases to the identification of compounds.
Plant-derived specialized metabolites are essential as both the chemical and biological characterizations of medicinal plants are of great importance. Presently, numerous research groups are focusing on the study and characterization of herbal extracts to identify a variety of plant metabolites and their potential to exert protective effects on biological systems.
This Special Issue of Plants, titled “Phytochemical Profiling and Bioactive Potential of Plants”, provides an opportunity for the dissemination of the new approaches and techniques on different strategies for detection, extraction, separation, purification, identification, quantification, or structural elucidation of known and new specialized natural products, with the aim of providing valuable insights into the phytopharmacological potential.
Please note that in studies of complex mixtures of natural products, the characterization of chemicals using analytical methodologies, such as HPLC, MS, LC–MS, HPLC–MS, and NMR, should be included.
Dr. Dimitrina Zheleva-Dimitrova
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- phytochemical profiling
- phytochemical analysis
- phytopharmacology
- plant biological activity evaluation
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