Application of Metabolomics in Food Fermentation
A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Metabolomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 1571
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Interests: physicochemical aspects in food biotechnology; food quality and safety; kinetic study of alcoholic fermentation; physical chemistry of interfaces
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Interests: physicochemical aspects of food processing; the development of new chromatographic techniques for determining physicochemical quantities; physicochemical studies of alcoholic fermentation
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Interests: lactic acid bacteria; probiotics; functional foods; dairy products; meat products; bacterial genetics; genomics; metagenomics; bacteriocins
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fermentation is a biochemical process, underpinned by the activities of microorganisms, that transform substrates within raw materials. Via metabolism, fermenting organisms yield a plethora of low-molecular-weight compounds (typically <1500 Da), including peptides, amino acids, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, organic acids, and vitamins. These metabolites not only impart novel flavors and textures, but also enhance the nutritional value of the resultant fermented products.
Within the realm of food science, metabolomics serves as a powerful analytical tool that concurrently identifies and quantifies the diverse array of metabolites spawned by microbial metabolism during fermentation. The comprehensive profiling of these compounds offers invaluable insights into the myriad biochemical pathways and chemical transformations that define the fermentation process at various stages.
The focus of this Special Issue is to reveal the pivotal role of metabolomics as a state-of-the-art approach for pinpointing a vast spectrum of microbial metabolites within fermentation ecosystems. We will include studies that venture into the development of both targeted and untargeted metabolomic analyses, harnessing the prowess of high-throughput mass spectrometry technologies to dissect and understand the complex metabolite networks in fermented foods.
Dr. John Kapolos
Dr. Athanasia Koliadima
Dr. Konstantinos Papadimitriou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fermented foods
- metabolomics
- targeted metabolomics
- untargeted metabolomics
- microorganisms
- mass spectrometry
- yogurt
- cheese
- beer
- wine
- fermented vegetables
- fermented meet
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