Compounds Derived from Horticulture Crops and Their Biological Activity
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 290
Special Issue Editor
Interests: molecular aspects of plant bioactive compounds activity including regulation of signaling pathways; mechanisms of cytotoxicity of natural compounds; effect of phytochemicals and pharmaceuticals on mitochondrial processes
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Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to invite authors to submit articles to the Special Issue entitled “Compounds derived from Horticulture Crops and their biological activity”.
This Special Issue is dedicated to the latest findings on the potential of horticulture crops-based bioactive molecules to interact with living systems, from bacteria to multicellular euracyotic organisms. We invite papers regarding the activity of various phytochemicals such as phenolics, betalains, carotenoids, vitamins, sterols, alkaloids, terpenoids, organosulfur compounds and many other plant-related metabolites to be submitted. Due to low toxicity in humans, plant-based chemicals are widely used in the food industry as pigments, preservatives and antioxidants. The favourable effects of bioactive compounds are recognized in the context of oxidative-stress-related diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases and neurological disorders. However, growing data demonstrate that phytochemicals may lead to health benefits by acting via multiple mechanisms. Therefore, drug discovery based on plant-derived bioactive compounds is an interesting proposal of therapeutic strategies for various disorders. Moreover, understanding the relationships between phytochemicals abundant in food and drugs can clarify problems related to the alteration of drug activity caused by food components which, in turn, may result in optimizing treatment regiments in humans.
This Special Issue will bring together recent research on the structural diversity of bioactive compounds, and a comprehensive analysis of the synergistic/antagonistic interactions, antiviral, antimicrobial and anticancer properties of compounds isolated from horticulture crops. This Special Issue is also especially dedicated to papers demonstrating the results of phytochemicals at a molecular level as well as the potential therapeutic usefulness and safety of bioactive molecules isolated from horticulture plant material and extracts. In this issue, research on plant extracts with unknown compositions is not welcome.
In this respect, authors are invited to submit original articles, short communications and reviews exploring and summarizing the effects of bioactive compounds from horticulture crops on living cells including in vivo as well as in vitro experimental models.
Dr. Małgorzata Tyszka-Czochara
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- horticulture crops
- bioactive compounds
- plant extracts
- bacteria
- cell line
- cytotoxicity
- therapeutic potential
- antooxidant activity
- cancer
- functional foods
- food additives
- food-drug interactions
