Extraction and Analysis of New Bioactive Compounds Derived from Natural Products

Dear Colleagues,

Natural products have been used for a very long time as food supplements and drugs. To date, according to the WHO, more than 80% of countries have developed treatments based on traditional medicine, which employs phytochemical compounds, and almost 70000 species have been tested for their biological properties. These studies reveal the huge advantage of using compounds derived from natural products, relying on their safety and broad efficiency to treat diseases. Thus, they present real competition to synthetic molecules.

Under these circumstances, the assessment of new compounds from natural products derived from terrestrial or marine plants and animals represents a continuous area of interest. Thus, new extraction and analytical methodologies that fit the requirement of green chemistry should be encouraged in order to obtain not only valuable extracts, but, most importantly, standardized ones. Despite the rewarding utilization of these natural products, the interest in them has decreased in recent years; therefore, it is high time that this field was revitalized.

Thus, this Special Issue will be devoted to the extraction and analysis of new bioactive compounds derived from natural products.

Dr. Irinel Adriana Badea
Dr. Rodica Olar
Dr. Magdalena Mititelu
Guest Editors

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