New Perspectives on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and Their Isolated Bioactive Compounds
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2025 | Viewed by 2522
Special Issue Editors
Interests: natural compounds; polyphenols; plant extracts; functional foods; nutraceuticals; food supplements; pharmacology; toxicology; pharmacognosy; antioxidant activity; anti-inflammatory activity; cytoprotective activity; wound healing activity; photoprotective activity; pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic studies; clinical studies; inflammatory bowel disease; circular economy
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Interests: natural compounds; polyphenols; plant extracts; functional foods; nutraceuticals; food supplements; pharmacology; toxicology; pharmacognosy; antioxidant activity; anti-inflammatory activity; cytoprotective activity; wound healing activity; photoprotective activity; pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic studies; clinical studies; inflammatory bowel disease; circular economy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nowadays, the market for phytotherapeutics as well as plant-based food supplements (PFS) is constantly growing. A more holistic approach to treatments, as well as the need to find new alternatives to conventional therapies which often cause significant side effects and consequent therapeutic inefficiency, has inexorably led research to focus on the plant world. Indeed, it represents an inexhaustible source of plant complexes and isolated bioactive compounds capable of preserving the subject's state of health, as in the case of PFS, or assisting conventional therapy and sometimes even replacing or filling some therapeutic gaps, as in the case of phytotherapeutics.
From this point of view, medicinal and aromatic plants represent precious raw materials, still not fully explored, which can actively contribute to scientific research in the phytotherapeutic, nutraceutical and cosmeceutical fields.
The aim of this Special Issue is to collect new scientific evidence in this regard. Original research articles and reviews investigating medicinal and aromatic plants (ornamental, food or traditionally used) through a multidisciplinary approach (macro- and micro-morphological, phytochemical and biological) will be taken into consideration. Particular attention will be given to some critical points regarding the reproducibility of health and therapeutic effects, such as the standardization and titration of plant complexes.
Prof. Dr. Domenico Trombetta
Dr. Antonella Smeriglio
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- medicinal plants
- aromatic plants
- bioactive compounds
- phytochemicals
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