Plant-Based Bioactive Substances Identification, Extraction, and Application

Dear Colleagues,

Natural products of vegetable origin, particularly secondary metabolites, are produced by plants to protect them from abiotic and biotic stresses. The structural variety of compounds is extraordinary and represents the richness of biological diversity in plant chemical ecology, in addition to plant–plant, plant–microorganism, and plant–animal interactions. Investigating this diversity of organic compounds is a source of inspiration for application in the food industry, medicinal chemistry, biotechnology, and agrochemistry. Obtaining bioactive compounds involves the extraction, isolation, structural elucidation, and evaluation of biological activity. The techniques commonly used in structural elucidation are nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy associated with DFT computational calculations, mass spectrometry, and infrared spectroscopy. This Special Issue of Plants will highlight bioactive substances of plant origin, with a specific focus on extraction, identification, an evaluation of biological activity, and application.

Prof. Dr. Elson S. Alvarenga
Prof. Dr. Wei Li
Guest Editors

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