Food Science and Molecular Nutrition
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Biochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 2411
Special Issue Editor
Interests: renal diseases; oxidative stress; vitamins; glycemic response; mitochondrial function
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nowadays, extending our healthy lifespan is considered an important issue. A metabolic disorder occurs when abnormal chemical reactions disrupt the body’s metabolism. Acquired metabolic disorders are tightly associated with our daily food intake, which contributes to our health and plays a crucial role in the onset of several diseases. This disruption may result in an imbalance of essential nutrients or impaired nutrient utilization for health maintenance. Metabolic disorders are divided into various conditions, including the breakdown of amino acids, carbohydrates, or lipids. Moreover, mitochondrial dysfunction, which impacts cellular energy production, can also lead to metabolic disorders. Therefore, regulation of amino acids, carbohydrates, lipids metabolism, and mitochondrial function may play an important role in health maintenance.
Research in Food Science and Molecular Nutrition focuses on the effects of nutrients or food-derived bioactive compounds on gene expression, protein function, enzyme activity, and metabolic pathways in various tissues or cells. Understanding the interaction between nutrients (or food-derived bioactive compounds) and metabolic pathways could provide potential therapeutic approaches for mitigating the progression of diseases related to metabolic disorders, including liver failure, renal injury, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular complications, and cancers.
We invite authors to contribute high-quality original research or review papers that highlight the beneficial functions of food-derived bioactive compounds in disease prevention or health management. Studies on the effects of food-derived bioactive compounds on molecular signaling in metabolic disorder-related diseases or mitochondrial dysfunction are particularly encouraged.
Dr. Hsinjung Ho
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- food science
- antioxidants
- bioactive compounds
- mitochondria
- nutrigenomics
- metabolomics
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