Plant Bioactive Compounds in Metabolic Health and Disease Prevention
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 October 2026 | Viewed by 5
Special Issue Editors
Interests: essential oils; chronic inflammatory diseases; lipid metabolism
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Essential oils are a diverse and biologically active group of plant metabolites, playing key roles in plant defense, plant–environment interactions, and chemical ecology. Owing to their complex composition, they have garnered increasing interest for their anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and immunomodulatory properties, particularly in the context of chronic inflammatory diseases.
Plant-derived lipids, including fatty acids, sterols, phospholipids, and specialized lipid mediators, regulate fundamental cellular processes and contribute to the modulation of lipid metabolism and redox homeostasis in plants. Increasing evidence suggests that these plant-based compounds may support preventive strategies against chronic pathologies such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and neurodegenerative disorders.
This Special Issue of Plants seeks to highlight the diversity, biological functions, and mechanisms of action of essential oils and plant-derived lipids. We welcome both in vitro and in vivo studies, with a particular emphasis on their preventive and modulatory roles in chronic inflammatory diseases.
Dr. Rosana Crespo
Dr. Mariana Guadalupe Vallejo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- essential oils
- plant-derived lipids
- preventive strategies
- cancer
- cardiometabolic diseases
- neurodegenerative disorders
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