Medicinal, Aromatic, Spice Plants

Medicinal, aromatic, and spice plants continue to attract growing interest from both scientists and the general public. Plants that consist of biologically active compounds, such as polyphenols, flavonoids, alkaloids, and polypeptides, have been found to possess many antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti...

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description Medicinal, aromatic, and spice plants continue to attract growing interest from both scientists and the general public. Plants that consist of biologically active compounds, such as polyphenols, flavonoids, alkaloids, and polypeptides, have been found to possess many antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antiseptic properties. This reprint will tackle the somewhat neglected area of biodiversity, including ethnobotany and breeding these plants to enhance their quality and productivity. The biosynthesis of natural plant substances and their qualitative–quantitative contents produces the most important function of their biological properties and effects, new herbal products, and innovative processing, which must also be highlighted in our contributions. Finally, it must be emphasized that medicinal, aromatic, and spice plants are natural biological resources with the potential to become new-generation substances for human and animal nutrition and health. This reprint could, therefore, be recommended not only to those involved in research on these special crops and their processing but also to natural product chemists, pharmacognosists, and the users of these plants, which are of increasing economic importance.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1653542025-08-12T09:23:50Z Medicinal, Aromatic, Spice Plants Salamon, Ivan Aćimović, Milica biological activity breeding cultivation essential oils ethnopharmacology herbs hydrolate natural substances isolation innovations post-harvest processing products thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences Medicinal, aromatic, and spice plants continue to attract growing interest from both scientists and the general public. Plants that consist of biologically active compounds, such as polyphenols, flavonoids, alkaloids, and polypeptides, have been found to possess many antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antiseptic properties. This reprint will tackle the somewhat neglected area of biodiversity, including ethnobotany and breeding these plants to enhance their quality and productivity. The biosynthesis of natural plant substances and their qualitative–quantitative contents produces the most important function of their biological properties and effects, new herbal products, and innovative processing, which must also be highlighted in our contributions. Finally, it must be emphasized that medicinal, aromatic, and spice plants are natural biological resources with the potential to become new-generation substances for human and animal nutrition and health. This reprint could, therefore, be recommended not only to those involved in research on these special crops and their processing but also to natural product chemists, pharmacognosists, and the users of these plants, which are of increasing economic importance. 2025-08-12T09:23:48Z 2025-08-12T09:23:48Z 2025 book ONIX_20250812T110751_9783725836390_110 9783725836390 9783725836406 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/165354 eng image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/10838 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-7258-3640-6 10.3390/books978-3-7258-3640-6 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783725836390 9783725836406 218 open access
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cultivation
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hydrolate
natural substances
isolation
innovations
post-harvest processing
products
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Medicinal, Aromatic, Spice Plants
title Medicinal, Aromatic, Spice Plants
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title_short Medicinal, Aromatic, Spice Plants
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topic biological activity
breeding
cultivation
essential oils
ethnopharmacology
herbs
hydrolate
natural substances
isolation
innovations
post-harvest processing
products
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
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breeding
cultivation
essential oils
ethnopharmacology
herbs
hydrolate
natural substances
isolation
innovations
post-harvest processing
products
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
url ONIX_20250812T110751_9783725836390_110