Syntheses and Applications in Medicinal Chemistry
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomedical Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2024 | Viewed by 1380
Special Issue Editors
Interests: total synthesis; medicinal chemistry
Interests: medicinal chemistry; drugs; toxicology; enzymes; X-ray crystallography
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Interests: synthesis; drug discovery; medicinal chemistry; heterocyclic compounds; organic synthesis; hybrid molecules; nanoparticles; drug-delivery systems; drug-design
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is dedicated to the publication of reliable and reproducible research papers that unite chemistry and biology in order to study, understand, and cure biological disorders and diseases. Due to recent advancements in synthesis methodologies, numerous novel reactions and reagents have been discovered and developed, thereby expanding the toolbox of medicinal chemistry. These new developments are invaluable assets to the field, enabling researchers to prepare compounds with novel three-dimensional chemical structures to probe target biomolecules, and enhance the activity, selectivity, and metabolic stability of compounds. Another crucial aspect of the development of novel methods in chemistry is reliability and reproducibility. During late-stage drug development, reliable and reproducible reactions are essential for generating drug materials with a consistent quantity and quality for clinical trials. Any chemistry studies related to research from early-stage discovery to late-stage clinical studies will be included in this Special Issue.
Reflecting the traditional core subjects of medicinal chemistry, organic chemistry, bio-organic chemistry, and analytical chemistry, this Special Issue also features a broad range of biochemical research; this includes, but is not limited to, computational and theoretical chemistry, green chemistry, polymer chemistry, and nanotechnology. Other cross-disciplinary topics such as bioinorganic chemistry, organometallic chemistry, enzyme engineering, bioinformatics, and biotransformation will also be featured. Manuscripts detailing multidisciplinary research at the interface of drug discovery and other scientific fields such as natural product synthesis, biology, pharmacology, and materials science are also encouraged; this is provided that the central theme of the article and the advances it presents contribute to the development of a drug or medical device for clinical use.
Dr. Qiuji Ye
Dr. Fabrizio Carta
Dr. Stoyanka Atanasova
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- medicinal chemistry
- drug discovery
- drug metabolism
- synthesis
- organic chemistry
- chemical biology
- disorders and diseases
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