Plant Metabolomics and Volatilomics
A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 April 2024) | Viewed by 1026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: natural products chemistry; plant physiology; plant -microbe interactions; plant metabolism; microbial metabolism; metabolomics; chemical ecology
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Interests: plant metabolites; GC–MS; LC–MS; MS-based identification
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent decades, advances in analytical and data-handling technologies have made metabolomics highly valued and widely exploited in a broad range of fields. For the study of plants, metabolomics has emerged as an indispensable tool for analyzing thousands of plant metabolites and providing detailed insights into the chemical composition and how plants live and function. However, plant metabolomics still faces significant challenges, including the optimization of sample preparation at reduced labor and cost for chemically diverse plant metabolites in addition to their compound identification, particularly secondary plant metabolites.
The Special Issue is devoted to research papers that use the metabolomics approach on plants or extracts to overcome the current limitations in plant metabolomics. We invite researchers to submit their manuscripts on various aspects of plant metabolomics, ranging from sample preparation to data analysis. Any novel works in plant metabolomics that include (not exclusively) sample preparation, data handling tools to convert massive data into meaningful information, phytochemical compound identification, and pathway analysis are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Gilles Comte
Dr. Franz Hadacek
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plants
- plant metabolomics
- phytochemistry
- phytochemical analysis
- natural products
- medicinal plants
- volatiles
- voltolomics
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