The Pharmacological Properties and Therapeutic Use of Natural Products
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2022) | Viewed by 47259
Special Issue Editor
Interests: functional food; natural compound; food bioactive compound; traditional Chinese medicine; quality control; anticancer; drug development
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is being published to present innovative studies and reviews on biological and pharmacological activities and mechanisms of action, as well as therapeutic uses of specified plant extracts, phytopharmaceuticals, and their isolated constituents. This includes pharmacological studies and therapeutic uses of specified herbal medicinal products, herbal preparations, and purified compounds which have a defined and consistent quality ensuring reproducible pharmacological activity.
The Issue covers the effects and mechanisms of natural products related with stress-associated disorders, age-associated disorders, neuropharmacology, endocrine pharmacology, metabolic syndrome and obesity, cancer, immunopharmacology, inflammation, infectious diseases, as well as pulmonary, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, and urogenital diseases.
Prof. Sibao Chen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- natural products
- phytopharmaceuticals
- herbal medicinal products
- pharmacological activities and mechanisms of action
- therapeutic use