Special Issue on Plant Food, Nutrition and Health

Plant foods refer to foods that use plant seeds, fruits or tissue parts as raw materials to provide energy for humans after processing. It mainly includes grains, potatoes, beans and their products, fruit and vegetable products, tea and so on. The goal of this special issue is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in the area of Plant Food, Nutrition and Health.

In this special issue, we intend to invite front-line researchers and authors to submit original research and review articles on exploring Plant Food, Nutrition and Health. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Plant-based diets
• Types of plant foods
• Vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber
• Phenolic compounds
• Phytochemicals in nutrition and health
• Colonic metabolism
• Plant food processing and storage
• Plant food protein engineering

Authors should read over the journal’s For Authors carefully before submission. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal’s Paper Submission System.

Please kindly specify the “Special Issue” under your manuscript title. The research field “Special Issue - Plant Food, Nutrition and Health” should be selected during your submission.

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For further questions or inquiries, please contact Editorial Assistant at

fns@scirp.org.