Plant-Based Compounds or Extractions for Medical Applications
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 July 2024 | Viewed by 6464
Special Issue Editors
2. Biolabels Research Node, DSI/Mintek Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville 7535, South Africa
Interests: phytotherapy; green nanotechnology; drug delivery; metal nanoparticles; rapid diagnostic tests
Interests: green nanotechnology; cancer biology; non-communicable diseases
Interests: hypertension; cardiovascular diseases; cardiotoxicity; CVD risk
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Dear Colleagues,
Since ancient times, plants have helped to combat all the plaques encountered by mankind, from infectious diseases to metabolic diseases and chronic diseases. Traditional medicinal plants play a significant role in discovering novel and effective therapeutics to tackle many diseases.
Although the screening of natural products is the most practical and rapid approach adopted by scientists in the quest for finding a safe and efficient therapeutic drug, the main challenge generally associated with the use of traditional plant-based medicines is the lack of scientific data to support their efficacy. Once supported by scientific data, traditional medicine can prove to be a rapid and more practical approach for finding new therapeutics with favorable efficacy and tolerable toxicity.
The Special Issue on the “Plant-based Compounds or Extractions for Medical Applications” invites reviews and original research articles highlighting the progress made in the use of plant extractions for drug design and development of various diseases, in silico and green nanotechnology strategies are also encouraged.
Dr. Nicole Remaliah Samantha Sibuyi
Dr. Jyoti Sharma
Prof. Dr. Rabia Johnson
Dr. Rajan Sharma
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- phytomedicine
- nanomaterials
- green nanotechnology
- rapid diagnostic systems
- infectious diseases
- chronic diseases
- non-communicable diseases