Pre-clinical Marine Drug Discovery Ⅱ
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2022) | Viewed by 23722
Special Issue Editor
Interests: diabetes; obesity; cancer; non-communicalbe diseases; marine natural compounds; fucoidan; seaweed; clams; food chemistry; pharmacology; drug metabolism; pharmacokinetics; pre-clinical pharmacology; natural compound extraction; polyamine metabolism; marine bioactives
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Dear colleagues,
After having had a successful Special Issue on the topic of “Pre-Clinical Marine Drug Discovery” about a year ago (see https://www.mdpi.com/journal/marinedrugs/special_issues/Pre_Clinical), I would like to call for a 2nd Special Issue on the same topic to continue to attract and present research output in this popular area.
Marine products provide ample opportunities for us to find bioactive compounds. To identify and confirm their bioactivities, pre-clinical studies are necessary before they can be developed further, either as health products or ultimately as medicine. There are plenty of pre-clinical tools and models for marine drug discovery. Through pre-clinical screening, many marine compounds have demonstrated important biological properties in the prevention and treatment of various diseases, including cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, obesity, diabetes, etc. Pre-clinical screening is a crucial step for discovering new lead compounds from marine products. This 2nd Special Issue on “Pre-Clinical Marine Drugs Discovery” will continue to gather the most relevant and new development research articles in the field since the closure of our previous Special Issue. We hope to capture the continuous progress and development in this important field. The issue is also a chance for scientists who are working on pre-clinical marine drug discovery to showcase their recent findings and attract the attention of marine drug developers.
Prof. Dr. Jun Lu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Marine products
- Natural compounds
- Pre-clinical screening
- Mechanism of action
- Extraction and analysis
- Bioactive extracts and fractions
- Pre-clinical models
- Pre-clinical pharmacology
- Molecular target
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