Collection

Chemistry: Applied Phytochemistry: Characterization, Extraction and Applications in Food, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Industries

Submission status
Open
Open for submission from
01 May 2024
Submission deadline
01 November 2024
Phytochemicals are secondary metabolites distributed in the plant kingdom, and some can also be obtained from animal and fungal sources. These metabolites can be classified into alkaloids, saponins, flavonoids, phenolic acids, terpenes, and essential oils. Many of them have been associated with health-promoting effects in humans, as potential biocide agents to mitigate the use of chemical pesticides in agriculture, or as biostimulants in different crops. Due to the many applications of phytochemicals new techniques and optimization strategies are being studied. This topical collection deals with articles related to the characterization techniques and emerging and new extraction methodologies of phytochemicals from different sources. It also comprises the application of phytochemicals in the formulation of functional foods, nutraceuticals, bio-pharmaceuticals, and agriculture as biocides or biostimulants.

Editors

  • Erick Paul Gutiérrez-Grijalva Erick Paul Gutiérrez-Grijalva , 

    Erick Paul Gutiérrez-Grijalva

    Erick Paul Gutiérrez-Grijalva, PhD, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo AC, Mexico. Dr Gutiérrez-Grijalva is a Researcher at Cátedras CONAHCYT-Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo AC, Mexico. His main research interests are green extraction techniques of phytochemicals, the evaluation of their bioaccessibility through in vitro digestion models, the formulation of delivery systems for phytochemicals, and the evaluation of the bioactive properties of phytochemicals against non-communicable diseases.

  • J. Basilio Heredia J. Basilio Heredia  &

    J. Basilio Heredia

    J. Basilio Heredia, PhD, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo AC, Mexico. Dr Heredia is a Researcher at Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo AC, Mexico. His research interests are food chemistry, functional foods and nutraceuticals, food processing and its effects on the stability of antioxidants, and valorization of agro-industrial by-products.

  • Marilena Antunes-Ricardo Marilena Antunes-Ricardo

    Marilena Antunes-Ricardo

    Marilena Antunes-Ricardo, PhD, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico. Dr Antunes-Ricardo is a Researcher at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico. Her research interests are immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory mechanisms of action of food biomolecules and their effect on chronic degenerative diseases; Exploitation of agro-industrial by-products for their incorporation as functional ingredients in food and/or cosmetics through scalable strategies at an industrial level, and evaluation of bioavailability, bioavailability, and metabolism of active compounds.

Articles

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