Extracts from Plants and Other Natural Sources: Application, Characterization, Optimization, and Their Use - Volume III

Given the outstanding impact of Extracts From Plants and Other Natural Sources: Application, Characterization, Optimization, and Their Use, 'Vol I’ and 'II, Frontiers in Nutrition is pleased to launch Volume III of this successful Research Topic.In the last few decades, natural compounds have attracted much of the attention of the scientific community because of their wide range of biological activity. The possibility of changing the synthetic compounds for natural ones in food products was, and still is, one of the main goals of many studies in this field. For this purpose, different extraction techniques have been developed, followed by the development of many analytical instruments and methods for the detection, identification, and quantification of isolated natural compounds. Isolation of the natural compounds became a challenging problem of great importance since the natural matrix is a highly complex mixture of different compounds.Besides this, natural compounds, extracts, and their sources are the subject of many different studies for their possible application in the food industry and agronomy. Natural compounds are used more frequently as a substitute for synthetic antioxidants and other compounds. Moreover, application in the field of phytotherapy is also very attractive and widely explored these days.This Research Topic aims to address all problems and challenges in the isolation, analysis, and application of natural sources and their extracts in the formulation of functional products and application in phytotherapy. The practical application of the obtained extract is the most important aspect of this topic, where both natural materials and their extracts may be used for the formulation of functional foods and other products, as well as in phytotherapy. Isolation of clean natural compounds, investigation of synergy, and prediction of possible sites of activity using available software are also very important factors in predicting the possible applications of these compounds and their extracts.This research topic focuses on studies regarding the isolation of natural compounds from their natural sources and provides an insight into the possibilities in the practical application of both plants and other natural sources, and their extracts for the formulation of functional food and other functional products, and in phytotherapy.We welcome Original Research or Review Articles, including but not limited to the following themes:• Application of conventional and nonconventional extraction techniques for isolation of the natural compounds from natural sources (plants, microalgae, fungi, yeasts, and others)• Optimization of the extraction processes using different mathematical tools• Using mathematical tools and software for the prediction of the activity of natural compounds and their possible interaction with enzymes• Analytical Characterization and structural identification of novel bioactive components• Application of the different natural sources and their extracts for the formulation of functional food and other functional products• Possible application of extracts and natural compounds in phytotherapy.Submissions to the Ethnopharmacology section of Frontiers in Pharmacology need to comply with the best practice guidelines of the leading journals for pharmacological studies on plant extract / natural products, including the Four Pillars of Best Practice in Ethnopharmacology, and follow the standards established in the ConPhyMP statement Front. Pharmacol. 13:953205. A detailed description of the material studied, its extraction and processing is essential and manuscripts that lack such a description will be desk-rejected. You can freely download the full version here. Please self-assess your MS using the ConPhyMP tool: https://ga-online.org/best-practice/ Topic editors: Saša D. Đurović, Yulia Smyatskaya, Yuri Shatalin, Jovana Vunduk Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/79535/extracts-from-plants-and-other-natural-sources-application-characterization-optimization-and-their-use---volume-iii