The Role of Phytonutrients in Metabolic Disorders
A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989). This special issue belongs to the section "Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2023) | Viewed by 5489
Special Issue Editors
Interests: chemical biology; natural products; cancer biology; tumor metabolism; signaling pathways; enzymology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
During the last decade, metabolic disorders posing one of the greatest threats to health. Metabolic disorders are defined as inborn errors of metabolism, encompassing deficiencies in enzymes involved in the metabolism of carbohydrates, amino acids derived from proteins, and fatty acids liberated from lipids. The metabolic disorders represent a cluster of metabolic abnormalities which includes diabetes, cancer, obesity, hypertension, hemochromatosis and phenylketonuria. Increasing knowledge of the molecular mechanisms underlying metabolic disorders has led to the development of a vast number of drugs. The use of chemically synthesized drugs has not significantly improved the overall survival rate. As a result, the role of dietary bioactive substances in features of metabolic disorder have been extensively investigated. Phytonutrients are promising options to improve treatment efficiency and decrease the adverse reactions. Due to their multiple properties, phytonutrients have demonstrated to provide positive effects in obesity, diabetes, cancer and hypertension.
Therefore, this special issue is based on the importance of phytonutrients in metabolic disorders. It will provide the platform to authors and encourage them that there is great need to conduct research on the key regulatory mechanisms and clinical potential of phytonutrients in metabolic pathways. We welcome authors to submit their research papers, mini reviews , review articles, and short communications to share the recent advances on phytonutrients which provides the insight into clinical uses to evaluates phytonutrients as a source of new drug candidate molecules for metabolic disorders.
Dr. Azhar Rasul
Dr. Şevki Adem
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metabolic disorders
- phytonutrients
- diabetes
- cancer
- obesity
- hypertension
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