Trends in Natural Products Research in the Mediterranean Region
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2022) | Viewed by 8428
Special Issue Editors
2. Research Group on Foods, Nutritional Biochemistry and Health, Universidad Europea del Atlántico, Isabel Torres 21, 39011 Santander, Spain
Interests: nutrition; health; disease prevention; dietary bioactive compounds; oxidative stress; aging; mitochondrial functionality; inflammation; bioenergetics
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Interests: natural compounds; berries; honey; obesity; cancer; byproducts
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the Mediterranean, there is a historical tradition of research on natural products, as demonstrated by the work of scientists from this region in the last 50 years. On the one hand, the Mediterranean is characterized by a large number of ecosystems, landscape diversification, and endemic species that contribute to the biodiversity of the territories bordering the Mediterranean, thus making this area a hot spot of global diversity. On the other hand, this area represents the geographical basin where the Mediterranean diet and the heritage of millennia of exchanges of people, cultures, and foods were born. This Special Issue aims to illustrate the current trends and developments in the research of natural products in the Mediterranean. Contributions to this Special Issue, in the form of original research, review articles, or perspectives, may cover all aspects of natural products, from isolation, characterization, and production to transformation and applications for human health; studies with multidisciplinary input, offering new methodologies, approaches, or insights, are particularly welcome.
Dr. Francesca Giampieri
Dr. Tamara Y Forbes-Hernández
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural products
- isolation
- chemical structure
- characterization
- biological activity
- agricultural techniques
- biosynthesis
- structure–activity relationship
- chemical synthesis
- molecular modeling
- nutraceutics
- cosmetics
- alternative source
- byproducts
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