Nutraceuticals and Chemopreventives
a section of IJMS

Editor of the section Nutraceuticals and Chemopreventives
To be announced
Link to the Editorial Board of this section.

Aims and Scope

This IJMS section is about molecular sciences of foods and drinks having a medicinal effect on human health. Molecular pharmacology of isolated natural products and synthetic organic compounds is also considered. Certain small amounts of natural products in food,  mainly in phytonutrients, and beverage, etc., such as phenolics, carotenoids, vitamins, sterols, may have biological properties/bioactivities (antioxidant, antimicrobial, anticancer effects). All papers will be peer reviewed as other papers of IJMS. We publish only scientific studies including well controlled in vitro studies, animal models, epidemiological studies and/or clinical studies, and correlation of chemical composition and bioactivity.

Keywords
Function as Antioxidant or Radical scavenger, Antimicrobial effect, Functional foods, phytonutrients, anticarcinogens.
Chemopreventives: Carveol (a natural terpenoid alcohol, a potential antiangiogen), S-Allyl cysteine (a potentional cholesterol lowering agent); pharmacology studies.

Special issues:

Special Issue on Phenolics (flavonoids and the non-flavonoids): Pure synthesis and isolation and analysis of the natural products should be published in Molecules: Link.

Published Papers:
Open Access
Zhiqi Shi *, Shouguo Shen, Wei Zhou, Fei Wang and Yongjian Fan
Food Safety Research and Service institute, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, P.R. China; E-mails: chenhao@jaas.ac.cn; zhouwei@jaas.ac.cn; lyq@jaas.ac.cn;
wangcm@jaas.ac.cn
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; Tel. +86-25-84391863; Fax:+ 86-25-84391260; E-mail: shizhiqi@jaas.ac.cn
Received: 13 September 2007; in revised form: 28 February 2008 / Accepted: 12 March 2008 / Published: 14 March 2008
Full Research Paper: Fusarium Graminearum Growth Inhibition Due to Glucose Starvation Caused by Osthol
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 371-382 (PDF format, 972K)
 
Open Access
Rafael C. Dutra 1, Magda N. Leite 2, Nádia R. Barbosa 1,*
1 Departamento de Alimentos e Toxicologia, Faculdade de Farmácia e Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Martelos, CEP 36036-330, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brasil; E-mail:  rafaelcdutra@gmail.com
2 Departamento Farmacêutico, Faculdade de Farmácia e Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Martelos, CEP 36036-330, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brasil; E-mail: mnleite@fbio.ufjf.br
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: nadiafox@gmail.com
Received: 16 October 2007 / Revised form received: 18 April 2008 / Accepted: 18 April 2008 / Published: 18 April 2008
Full Research Paper: Quantification of Phenolic Constituents and Antioxidant Activity of Pterodon emarginatus Vogel Seeds
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 606-614 (PDF format, 183K)

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