**Meet the editors**

Dr. Marcos Soto-Hernández is a pharmacist from the National University of México and completed his PhD degree at the University of Wales, Cardiff, UK, and now is a full professor at the Colegio de Postgraduados where he conducts research in phytochemistry and bioactivity natural products. He has established collaboration with research groups in the UK, the Netherlands,

and Spain and other groups in México; he has received several awards locally and abroad. At present, his main line of research is related with bioguided isolation of secondary metabolites with its importance in medicine and agriculture and the potential of the local aromatic plants is part of his recent research.

Dr. Mariana Palma-Tenango is an engineer agronomist from the Universidad Autónoma Chapingo; holds a PhD degree in Plant Physiology from the Colegio de Postgraduados, México; and has teaching duties in the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She is an assistant professor of Phytochemistry at the Colegio de Postgraduados, and she is a reviewer of several journals

and an editor. She has participated in the organization of meeting and symposiums in México and is a supervisor of master and PhD degree students. Her research line is phytochemistry, medicinal, and aromatic plants.

Dr. María del Rosario García-Mateos is a chemist of the University of Puebla, México, and holds a PhD degree from the Colegio de Postgraduados. Her research line is related with the nutraceutical properties and biological activity of horticultural crops. She has supervised master and PhD thesis, has published more than 71 papers, and has been a reviewer of several scientific journals. She has

established collaboration with many groups national and international.
