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Medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs), as open-field crops, play an important role in multifunctional and sustainable agriculture as a result of their low energy requirements for cultivation and their many avenues of use, from the production of nutraceuticals, phytonutrients, and phytotherapy to land valorization. This Special Issue of Agriculture, “Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Agricultural Research when Considering Multifunctionality and Sustainability Criteria”, aims to illustrate the role of MAPs in agriculture in low-impact farming practices, and the benefits they can generate in terms of functional products. This Special Issue covers all research aspects related to MAPs, including a number of scientific macro-areas, such as agronomy, chemistry and pharmacy, ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology, food and nutrition, and ecology. Key topics in this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following: Sustainable agricultural practices of MAPs; Breeding and germplasm preservation of MAPs; The biodiversity of MAPs; The conservation of cultivated and wild MAPs; Ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology; Phytotherapy, phytochemistry, and phytopharmacology; Essential oils and secondary metabolites; Functional foods and MAPs; MAPs and degraded and marginal land recovery; The global marketing of MAPs; The legislation of MAPs.

Research & information: general --- Chemistry --- laurel --- microbial load --- oven drying --- real time monitoring --- sage --- sensor --- spike lavender --- essential oil --- 1,8-cineole --- linalool --- camphor --- edaphic characteristics --- altitude --- latitude --- longitude --- aromatic species --- alternative substrates --- irrigation --- plant habitus --- sustainable cultivation --- Calotropis procera leaves --- chronic inflammatory model --- cytokines --- Freund’s complete adjuvant --- indomethacin --- medicinal and aromatic plants --- crop diversification --- sustainability --- leaf yield --- biofunctional products --- genotypic variability --- extra-virgin olive oil --- aromatic and medicinal plants --- gas-chromatography and mass spectrometry analyses --- antioxidant --- oleic acid --- caper plant --- island of Linosa --- morphological and productive characteristics --- growing --- St. John’s wort --- Hypericum perforatum --- secondary metabolites --- cropping technique --- hops --- Humulus lupulus L. --- Mediterranean environment --- trellising system --- medicinal plant --- industrial crop --- hop shoots --- powdery mildew --- downy mildew --- Japanese beetle --- maypop --- Ficus carica L. --- Taxus cuspidata Sieb. et Zucc. --- medicinal-agroforestry system --- soil enzyme activity --- photosynthesis --- polyphenols --- Berberis --- negative fruits --- organic agriculture --- rooting --- hardwood cuttings --- iron chelates --- n/a --- Freund's complete adjuvant --- St. John's wort

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Medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs), as open-field crops, play an important role in multifunctional and sustainable agriculture as a result of their low energy requirements for cultivation and their many avenues of use, from the production of nutraceuticals, phytonutrients, and phytotherapy to land valorization. This Special Issue of Agriculture, “Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Agricultural Research when Considering Multifunctionality and Sustainability Criteria”, aims to illustrate the role of MAPs in agriculture in low-impact farming practices, and the benefits they can generate in terms of functional products. This Special Issue covers all research aspects related to MAPs, including a number of scientific macro-areas, such as agronomy, chemistry and pharmacy, ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology, food and nutrition, and ecology. Key topics in this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following: Sustainable agricultural practices of MAPs; Breeding and germplasm preservation of MAPs; The biodiversity of MAPs; The conservation of cultivated and wild MAPs; Ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology; Phytotherapy, phytochemistry, and phytopharmacology; Essential oils and secondary metabolites; Functional foods and MAPs; MAPs and degraded and marginal land recovery; The global marketing of MAPs; The legislation of MAPs.

laurel --- microbial load --- oven drying --- real time monitoring --- sage --- sensor --- spike lavender --- essential oil --- 1,8-cineole --- linalool --- camphor --- edaphic characteristics --- altitude --- latitude --- longitude --- aromatic species --- alternative substrates --- irrigation --- plant habitus --- sustainable cultivation --- Calotropis procera leaves --- chronic inflammatory model --- cytokines --- Freund’s complete adjuvant --- indomethacin --- medicinal and aromatic plants --- crop diversification --- sustainability --- leaf yield --- biofunctional products --- genotypic variability --- extra-virgin olive oil --- aromatic and medicinal plants --- gas-chromatography and mass spectrometry analyses --- antioxidant --- oleic acid --- caper plant --- island of Linosa --- morphological and productive characteristics --- growing --- St. John’s wort --- Hypericum perforatum --- secondary metabolites --- cropping technique --- hops --- Humulus lupulus L. --- Mediterranean environment --- trellising system --- medicinal plant --- industrial crop --- hop shoots --- powdery mildew --- downy mildew --- Japanese beetle --- maypop --- Ficus carica L. --- Taxus cuspidata Sieb. et Zucc. --- medicinal-agroforestry system --- soil enzyme activity --- photosynthesis --- polyphenols --- Berberis --- negative fruits --- organic agriculture --- rooting --- hardwood cuttings --- iron chelates --- n/a --- Freund's complete adjuvant --- St. John's wort

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Dear colleagues, This Special Issue aims to publish new and innovative research that could demonstrate the therapeutic potential of natural health products, through relevant in vitro and/or in vivo biological activities, to prevent or alleviate degenerative diseases. The interaction of natural health products with human microbiota represents an essential aspect, because it could modulate the microbial pattern and alleviate more of a chronic disease’s effects in the case of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular dysfunctions, neurodegenerative diseases, and inflammatory colon pathologies. Additionally, you are invited to send research based on the effect of different extracts or functional foods used in degenerative pathologies and interactions with human microbiota. We aim to identify new data on in vitro/in vivo research that could demonstrate the bioavailability of natural compounds and the relationship with antioxidant/antimicrobial capacity. Modulated microbiota aspects are expected to be published based on the interaction with natural compounds, natural sweeteners, or other molecules that influence the colon health status.

Technology: general issues --- Biotechnology --- in vitro callus --- cell suspension and root cultures --- biologically active substances --- ecdysteroids --- HPLC --- 1H NMR spectra --- Rhaponticum carthamoides --- Chaga --- medicinal fungi --- biomass yield --- mathematical modeling --- response surface methodology --- bioreactor culture --- mycelium --- antioxidant activity --- gamma irradiation --- Fomes fomentarius --- mushroom --- DPPH --- flavonoids --- polyphenols --- urinary infection --- in vitro --- Escherichia coli --- antimicrobial --- yellow onion skins --- extraction --- multifunctional ingredients --- Ficus carica L. --- ultrasonic enzyme co-assisted --- aqueous two-phase extraction --- UPLC-QTOF-MS/MS --- identification --- lactic acid fermentation --- betalain --- carotenoids --- red pepper --- beetroot --- carrot --- drying --- heat treatment --- seaweeds --- bioactive compounds --- food safety --- consumer health --- Cannabis sativa L. --- cannabinoids --- hemp oil --- UHPLC-PDA --- validation --- Cnidoscolus aconitifolius --- inflammation --- croton oil --- HL-60 --- phenols --- differentiation --- apoptosis --- transcriptome --- natural products --- bacteria --- downstream processing --- antibiotics --- isolation --- secondary metabolites --- pharmacognosy --- bioprospecting --- U. lactuca --- non-toxic solvents --- phenolics --- uropathogenic --- herbal medicines --- plant extract --- bioactive molecules