Bioactive Phytochemicals from Plant Essential Oils

Dear Colleagues,

Abundant plant resources in the world contain plenty of phytochemicals/natural products with medicinal or healthy functions. Most phytochemicals from herbal and woody plants are flavonoids, lignans, phenylpropanoids, quinoids, tannins, stilbenes, terpenoids, steroids, saponins, alkaloids, glycosides, and others. Plant natural products exhibit numerous bioactive properties, including antibacterial activity, antifungal activity, insecticidal property, xanthine oxidase inhibitory effect, antityrosinase activity, antioxidant activity, cytotoxicity, anti-aging effect, etc. Extraction of phytochemicals having specific bioactivities and/or medicinal properties from plants is one of the important developments of natural product research. Additionally, through innovative development of chromatographic and spectroscopic technologies, more bioactive phytochemicals are separated and identified from various plants. This Special Issue aims to explore more bioactive plant essential oils and extracts, to isolate and identify phytochemicals possessing specific bioactivities, and to illustrate the mechanism of enzyme kinetic assays, model organism studies, molecular docking analysis, and so on. Through more research, it is expected that bioactive essential oils, extracts, and phytochemicals can be obtained from plants with great potential as pharmaceuticals or healthy products.

Prof. Dr. Hui-Ting Chang
Prof. Dr. Nour Eddine Es-Safi
Topic Editors