Biological Activities and Constituents of Plant-Derived Natural Products and Their Application—II
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 8837
Special Issue Editor
Interests: phytochemistry; phytochemicals; bioactive compounds; natural product isolation
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Dear Colleagues,
Natural products have been investigated to alleviate disease since early human history and utilized in pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, cosmetics, fine chemicals, and nutraceuticals. Indeed, natural products are extremely rich sources of biomolecules useful for multiple applications. Of these, plant-derived natural products have been one of the most important ones and continue to be the source and inspiration for a substantial fraction to improve quality of life. Currently, approximately 350,000 species of plants are believed to exist, and a third have been discovered, but only a few have been investigated chemically or biologically; therefore, studies on diverse plants are a vital necessity. Additionally, with recent technological advances accelerating the emergence of new screening systems, there is a need to rapidly identify novel lead compounds. We believe a significant portion of these leads could continue to be from natural products, especially plants.
For all these reasons, this Special Issue aims to invite researchers to contribute original articles and review articles that provide evidence for the constituents and pharmacological properties of diverse plants. To ensure the quality of this Special Issue, each article should include phytochemical and biological information on plant extracts.
Dr. Jaeyoung Kwon
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plant extracts
- phytochemistry
- phytochemicals
- bioactive compounds
- natural medicines