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New Thematic Series Call For Papers!

Natural Products and Bioactive Compounds in Food

Guest editors:

Prof. Chao Zhao - zhchao@live.cn

College of Food Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Engineering Research Centre of Fujian-Taiwan Special Marine Food Processing and Nutrition, Ministry of Education, China

Dr. Rong Taso, rong.cao@canada.ca

Guelph Food Research Centre, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Prof. Bradley Bolling – bwbolling@wisc.edu

Department of Food Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA


We are pleased to invite you to submit original articles and reviews to the special issue entitled “Natural Products and Bioactive Compounds in Food”. The purpose of this special issue is to feature latest, high-quality, advanced research and knowledge contributed by various research groups globally working on natural products in food that would shape the future research direction.

Natural products such as complex carbohydrates, proteins and specialty lipids as well as minor bioactive compounds play a vital role in human wellness and in food quality. These include various physiological and biological activities based on their specific chemical structures. Modified natural products also play several powerful bioactive functions and some have been used as food additives to improve food taste and sensory qualities. Recently, the anti-aging, antioxidant, anti-tumor, anti-viral, anti-diabetic, and gut microbiota regulatory efficiencies of natural products have been at the forefront of many studies. However, the structure-function relationships of them are yet to be established. Besides, a variety of natural products have attracted more attention in order to investigate their applications and functions, which facilitate their use as food ingredients or bioactive compounds in food and natural health products and pharmaceutical fields.

We invite researchers to contribute to this special issue by submitting updated and new findings on the structure, functionality, nutrition, and application of natural products. Both original research papers and critical reviews are welcome.

Potential topics include, but not limited to, the following:

> Discovery and structural identification of natural products in food

> in vitro and in vivo evaluation of the function of natural products 

> Modification of natural products 

> Physicochemical properties and potential applications of natural products

> Industrial and potential applications of natural products

> Product research & development


Submission guidelines

The journal's Guide for Authors on how to prepare a paper is available at https://fppn.biomedcentral.com/submission-guidelines. Papers must be submitted electronically via the editorial system site for the Journal at https://www.editorialmanager.com/fppn/default.aspx 

To ensure that all manuscripts are correctly identified for inclusion in the special issue, it is important to select " Natural Products and bioactive compounds in Food" when you reach the "Article Type" step in the submission process.

Deadline for manuscript submission: December 10, 2021