Design and Synthesis of Bioactive Compounds for Therapeutic Applications
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural and Bio-derived Molecules".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 116
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Interests: heterocyclic chemistry; C–H functionalization; medicinal chemistry; drug discovery for CNS; metabolic and cardiovascular diseases; anticancer chemotherapy; chemical biology; organic synthesis
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Interests: organic synthesis; medicinal chemistry; heterocyclic chemistry; green chemistry; homogenious catalysis; dendrimers chemistry; C–H functionalization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Medicinal chemistry has emerged as a powerful research area in developing bioactive molecules for disease treatment and as a useful tool for various applications. Small molecules, as well as macromolecules, are key building blocks in both biological and industrial applications.
Drug design and discovery represents a cutting-edge interdisciplinary area that involves chemistry, physico-chemistry, chemical biology, molecular biology, materials science, bioinformatics, cheminformatics, and other disciplines. By integrating the principles of these research areas, researchers can explore the potential of medicinal chemistry to address complex challenges in disease treatment, imaging, diagnostics, and targeted therapy.
This Special Issue of Biomolecules focuses on the design and synthesis of bioactive compounds for therapeutic applications. Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- The design and synthesis of bioactive molecules for disease treatment;
- The design and synthesis of bioactive molecules and macromolecules for drug delivery;
- The design and synthesis of fluorescent molecules for biological application;
- The design and synthesis of biomolecules for imaging application;
- The application of bioactive molecules in diagnostics;
- Chemical biology;
- The recent technologies in drug discovery.
Prof. Dr. Gerald Guillaumet
Prof. Dr. Saïd El Kazzouli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- drug design and discovery
- synthesis of bioactive molecules
- biological evaluations and applications
- diagnostics
- drug delivery
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