Chemical Characterizations and Biological Activities of Plant Products and By-Products and Their Applications, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 30
Special Issue Editors
Interests: natural products; bioactive compounds; extraction; green and sustainable chemistry; isolation and characterization; sustainable use of waste; food preservation product development; food products development; phytocosmetic product development; cosmetic product development; phytotherapic product development; environmental protection; insecticide and repellent product development
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2. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e IML, Miguel Lillo 205, San Miguel de Tucumán T4000, Tucumán, Argentina
Interests: natural products; agricultural by-products/wastes; biological activities; toxicity and genotoxicity; isolation and chemical characterization; food products development; phytocosmetic and herbal products development
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2. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e IML, Miguel Lillo 205, San Miguel de Tucumán T4000, Tucumán, Argentina
Interests: natural products; bioactive compounds; biocompounds extraction, isolation and characterization; sustainable use of waste; food preservation; phytocosmetic product development; cosmetic product development; food products development
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Contributions to this Special Issue should relate to the phytochemical characterizations and biological activities/functional properties of bioactive compounds obtained from native and cultivated aromatic, medicinal, and food plants. Furthermore, bioactive compounds can be extracted from their by-products or residual biomasses. The main solvents used for the extraction of bioactive compounds should be environmentally friendly, and the extraction methods used may be conventional or unconventional. This Special Issue aims to promote circular extraction processes. The topics in this Special Issue also include the applications of bioactive compounds as functional ingredients for modern medicinal drug and cosmetic product development to improve the quality of crops and for environmental protection. The use of total extracts or fractions obtained from plants as functional ingredients for different applications is an emerging research area that needs to be highlighted.
Therefore, we invite you to submit research and review articles relevant to the field.
The Special Issue is now open for submissions
Dr. María Alejandra Moreno
Dr. Iris Catiana Zampini
Prof. Dr. Mariá Inés Isla
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- plant extract
- by-products or waste
- bioactive compounds
- functional ingredients
- phytotherapic products
- phytocosmetic products
- food products
- food preservation products
- environmental protection products
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