Metabolomics Strategies in Research of Honey Bee Products
A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Metabolomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2024) | Viewed by 4698
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Interests: gas chromatography–mass spectrometry; chemical profiles and biomarkers of unifloral honeys; identification of potential markers of botanical origin; application of extraction methodologies; antioxidant activity
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Interests: food chemistry and analysis; natural bioactive compounds; antioxidants; phenolic compounds; beehive products; analytical chemistry; validation of analytical methods; extraction techniques; liquid-chromatography; gas-chromatography; hyphenated methods; chemometrics and data analysis; agro-food quality control; by-product valorization
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Interests: pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, bee products, food chemistry, liquid-chromatography, gas-chromatography, mass spectrometry, chemometrics
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Interests: honey analytics; nectar flow plants; honey bee biology
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Interests: quaternary ammonium salts; cationic surfactants; heterocyclic oximes; spectroscopy
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Dear Colleagues,
Honey bee products, such as honey, bee pollen, royal jelly, and propolis, are known for their nutritional and health-promoting properties, and are rich in primary and secondary metabolites. Metabolomic strategies in honey bee products research can make an important contribution to the authenticity assessment, quality control, determination, and traceability of the origins of honey bee products. The determination of chemical profiles, including targeted and untargeted metabolomics approaches, and the identification of the specific metabolites of different honey bee products can significantly contribute to their characterization, as well as facilitating the detection of adulteration. Furthermore, the application of a metabolomic approach can be an efficient strategy for the discovery of bioactive natural compounds in honey bee products, thus providing valuable insights and better understandings of the biological activity of these substances, which are characterized by a complex chemical composition. This Special Issue focuses on the determination of metabolites and their presence in different bee products, as well as their possible biosynthetic/metabolic correlations. The objective of this Special Issue, entitled “Metabolomics Strategies in Research of Honey Bee products”, is to present the latest research findings regarding the metabolic profiling of honey bee products based on spectroscopic and chromatographic techniques, such as high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, and gas (GC), liquid (LC), ultrahigh-pressure liquid (UPLC), and high-performance liquid (HPLC) chromatography. This includes the identification of marker compounds and bioactive compounds, data analysis (data mining/extraction, statistical analysis), the assessment of the bioactive potential of honey bee products and the effects of consumption on metabolic perturbations in humans, as well as other characteristics and effects of bee products revealed by a variety of metabolomic approaches.
Dr. Marina Kranjac
Dr. Carlo I.G. Tuberoso
Dr. Piotr Marek Kuś
Dr. Saša Prđun
Dr. Renata Odžak
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- honey bee products
- chemical profiles
- targeted metabolomics
- untargeted metabolomics
- biomarkers
- authenticity assessment
- bioactive compounds
- bioactive potential
- metabolic perturbations
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