Sustainable Use of Plants for Bioactive Compounds Extraction and Evaluation

Dear Colleagues,

Plants are the primary basis for human sustenance, used directly for food and they have been widely used for the extraction of several bioactive compounds including glycosides, phenolic compounds, terpenes, carotenoids, alkaloids, waxes, gums, resin acid, food grade pigments, plant growth factors, among others. These compounds are strongly recognized for their functional properties which have been evaluated in several in-vitro and in-vivo systems. Thus, sustainable use of plants for obtaining bioactive compounds have been received more attention in order to create systems to take advantage of these resources according to the FAO challenges of meeting basic food needs considering ecologically, economically and socially approaches.

This Special Issue on “Sustainable use of plants for bioactive compounds extraction and evaluation” aims to bring together novel advances in the extraction processes, and evaluation of bioactive compounds from plant resources and by-products, as well as the use of plants in the development of new products with a sustainable approach. The topics include, but are not limited to:

Novel and eco-friendly processes for the recovery of valuable bioactive compounds;

Chemical and functional characterization of bioactive compounds in different systems;

Nutraceuticals and functional foods and dietary supplement

Development of new herbal drugs

Use and application of bioactive compounds from plant materials

Agrobiodiversity management through appropriate strategies of plants exploitation;

We cordially invite authors to contribute original research articles and reviews, that provide innovative information related to the bioactive compounds naturally occurring in plants.

Prof. Guillermo Cristian Guadalupe Martínez Ávila
Prof. Olga Miriam Rutiaga-Quiñones
Prof. Romeo Rojas
Guest Editors

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• sustainability
• phenolic compounds
• glycosides
• phenolic compounds
• terpenes
• carotenoids
• alkaloids
• waxes
• gums
• resin acid
• food grade pigments
• plant growth factors
• functional properties of plants
• extraction methods
• industrial plants
• plant by-products