Natural Products: Isolation, Identification and Biological Activity
A special issue of Chemistry (ISSN 2624-8549). This special issue belongs to the section "Biological and Natural Products".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 June 2021) | Viewed by 3337
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Interests: liquid chromatography; optimization of chromatographic systems for separation of ionic compounds; quantitative analysis of ionic compounds in plant extracts; biological activity of plant extracts
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Dear Colleagues,
Dietary and herbal supplements are commonly used around the world, typically in an effort to maintain health, and prevent or treat illness. In many cases, these products are used concurrently with pharmaceutical therapies. Natural products are a rich source of compounds for drug development. One of the notable sources of natural products is medicinal plants. Natural products are a growing body of research for the development of new drugs derived for different eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms.
However, there are still many species of plants that might possess a beneficial natural product that have still not been screened for medicinal use and might be a cause for a breakthrough in science. Therefore, more investigations should be done in various species of plants and other natural products. Currently, it is very crucial to develop effective and selective methods for the isolation of bioactive compounds from natural products, the identification of those compounds, and investigations on their biological activity.
Despite substantial developments in extraction and separation techniques, the isolation and identification of natural products from plants, marine organisms or microorganisms and investigations on their biological activity are still challenging tasks.
The papers include coverage of work on natural substances of the land and sea and of plants, microbes, and animals. Investigations on isolation, identification, structure elucidation and various biological activities are welcomed in this Special Issue.
We cordially invite researchers working in this field to contribute original research articles, short communications, and critical review articles. Short papers on one compound will also be welcome.
You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Molecules.
Prof. Dr. Anna Petruczynik
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Natural products
- Isolation of active compounds from natural products
- Analysis of natural products
- Identification of natural products components
- Biological activity of natural products
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