Plant Science for Food and Nutrition
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 14
Special Issue Editor
Interests: health food supplement, tea, health risk and benefits; plant extracts
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Our Earth faces unprecedented challenges: a rapidly growing population, climate change impacts threatening agricultural stability, biodiversity loss, and widespread malnutrition. Within this context, securing access to safe, abundant, and nutritious food is not just essential for human health and development, but also fundamental to planetary resilience and sustainable futures. This Special Issue seeks original research and comprehensive reviews exploring the complex interplay between plant biology, agricultural practices, and nutritional outcomes, focusing on how innovations directly improve the safety, bioavailability, and health-promoting properties of plant-derived foods for human consumption.
Key areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
Biotechnological Advances: Utilizing molecular biology, genomics, and genetic engineering to develop crops with enhanced nutrient profiles (biofortification), improved yield, and resilience.
Nutritional Biochemistry and Analysis: Investigating the composition, bioavailability, and health impacts of essential nutrients (vitamins, minerals, proteins) and bioactive non-nutrients (antioxidants, polyphenols, dietary fiber) inherent in diverse plant species.
Functional and Nutraceutical Foods: Research on plants or plant-derived compounds designed to provide specific health benefits beyond basic nutrition, including disease prevention and health promotion.
Food Science and Processing: Optimizing post-harvest handling, processing technologies, and formulation strategies to maximize nutrient retention, improve sensory quality, and ensure safety of plant-based foods.
Sustainable Nutrition: Exploring the intersection of plant-based diets, agricultural sustainability, and nutritional adequacy.
Dr. Jean Michel Maixent
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Plants is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- plant-derived foods
- plants extracts
- biotechnological
- food science
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