Prospects of Bioinformatics and Data Acquirement Tools in Boosting the Application of Phytochemicals in Food Sciences

Bioinformatics has been established as a multidisciplinary research area bringing about a paradigm shift in the discipline of biological researches. In silico resources made biologists to treat the huge and heterogeneous amount of bio-digital data in rapid mode to predict models for real-life applications. Its application in the biomedical field has been well explored; however, the significance of computational studies has remained underappreciated in food and nutritional sciences, despite their data-rich attributes. In the present study, a broader framework of bioinformatics in food sciences was discussed, especially plant-based databases, third-generation sequencing, genome assembly, and annotation. In addition, its role in the elucidation of the probable mechanism of action against foodborne microbes, recent advances, associated challenges, and future perspectives have also been discussed.