Extraction, Separation and Identification of Compounds from Natural Sources—Second Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Natural products are extremely popular due to their notable biological activities as well as remarkable chemical diversity. They have continued to serve as perfect templates for the discovery of new scaffolds of promising drug entities, alleviating many complex diseases. Recently, many great achievements have been sparked in the separation, isolation, identification, and structural elucidation of naturally occurring compounds. Today, the extraction and metabolic profiling of crude extracts, as well as the isolation and biosynthesis of natural compounds, have become easier than before, owing to the presence of multiple advanced and hyphenated chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques such as LC–MS (liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry), LC–PDA (liquid chromatography coupled with a photodiode array detector), LC–NMR–MS (liquid chromatography coupled with nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and mass spectrometry), and GC–MS (gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry). This Special Issue aims to shed light on the extraction, separation, isolation, and identification of secondary metabolites from natural sources, comprising plants and their essential oils or marine organisms and their associated microorganisms. This separation is performed using different techniques, including LC–MS, NMR, and GC–MS. Evaluations of their bioactivities and their probable mode of action are also recommended, which will eventually lead to the discovery of promising leads that could be incorporated into many pharmaceutical products to cure many problems. Short communications, research articles, and review articles are welcome.

Prof. Dr. Armando Zarrelli
Guest Editor

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• natural sources
• marine organisms
• medicinal plants
• essential oils
• LC–MS (liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry)
• GC–MS (gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry)
• structural elucidation
• NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance)
• molecular docking

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