Biological Activities of Traditional Medicinal Plants, 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Given the success of the Special Issue entitled “Biological Activities of Traditional Medicinal Plants”, we are launching a second edition and are pleased to invite you to make a contribution with original research or review articles.

Since ancient times, plants have been traditionally used for the treatment of several human diseases all over the world. Indeed, even today, despite the remarkable recent advances in chemical synthesis and the progress of pharmacology, traditional plant-based remedies continue to play a key role in health care, especially in most developing countries.

In recent decades, with the renewed interest of developed countries in herbal preparations and the increasingly urgent need to discover new effective drugs, traditionally used medicinal plants have received great attention from the scientific community. Although in the past, the use of phytomedicines was based on empiric experience, nowadays scientific evidence on their chemical composition and associated health benefits is essential. Indeed, numerous products derived from traditional medicinal plants have proven to be a source of biologically active compounds, many of which have been the basis for the discovery of new lead chemicals for drug development. However, despite the intense efforts, such information is incomplete or unavailable for many species. Documented ethnobotanical uses still lack scientific validation for several traditional medicinal plants, and many therapeutic properties have yet to be demonstrated.

This Special Issue aims to collect the latest findings and advances in traditional medicinal plant research, including studies on wild edible species, and their current and potential future applications for pharmaceutical, nutraceutical or cosmetic purposes. Contributions focusing on extraction procedures, chemical characterization and evaluation of the biological properties of extracts, fractions and isolated compounds will be considered. Results showing the relationship between the chemical composition and biological activity of phytocomplexes and/or isolated compounds are particularly welcome.

Dr. Maria Fernanda Taviano
Dr. Rosaria Acquaviva
Dr. Giuseppe Antonio Malfa
Guest Editors

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• traditional medicinal plants
• ethnobotany
• bioactive compounds
• extraction strategies
• phytochemical profiling
• biological activities
• health applications
• nutraceuticals

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