Characterization and Immunomodulatory Activities of Natural Drugs
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Medicinal Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2022)
Special Issue Editors
Interests: medicinal chemistry; physical organic chemistry; immunoinformatics
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Interests: immunology; immunomodulation; inflammation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The purpose of this Special Issue on “Characterization and Immunomodulatory Activities of Natural Drugs” is to draw researchers’ attention to the usefulness of natural products in the prevention and treatment of different pathological conditions, with particular consideration to immunomodulatory activities.
Immunomodulation by products of plants, bryophytes, fungi, microorganisms, parasites, and insects may be considered a promising method for the prevention and adjuvant treatment of numerous pathological conditions. There is growing evidence suggesting that drugs originating from natural sources can modulate the function of the immune system in different ways, enhancing or suppressing significant molecular and cellular immune mechanisms. Therefore, the identification of novel natural products as well as elucidation of already known natural products in the context of their immunomodulatory activities has become a substantial goal of future studies.
This Special Issue aims at gathering updates and recent advances of immunomodulatory properties of various natural products, evaluated by a combination of different research approaches: in vivo, in vitro, and in silico. This Special Issue may include full articles and reviews focused on new extraction/preparation procedures, the characterization of bioactive compounds from a wide range of living organisms, as well as evaluations of the immunomodulatory properties of products and extracts, which could potentially be explored for the development of natural immunomodulators.
Dr. Bojan Božić
Dr. Biljana Božić Nedeljković
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Chemical characterization
- Immunomodulation
- Prevention
- Treatment
- Natural drugs
