Frontiers in Plant Pharmacology: The Role of Medicinal Plants in Health Systems
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Plant Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2022) | Viewed by 15708
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Natural plants have long played a vital role in health systems, and they are used to treat various acute and chronic conditions with minimal or no toxic effects. Natural plants are often used as a natural remedy to cure various health problems, including tuberculosis, cancer, diabetes mellitus, heart diseases, wound healing, asthma, pharyngitis, and hypertension. Plants rich in bioactive phytomedicine compounds such as alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, and polyphenols have been used to cure illnesses thanks to their various pharmacological properties. This Special Issue aims to provide evidence from around the world, by calling for original and review articles that address the molecular mechanisms supporting the biological effects of natural plant extracts or plant-derived single compounds on human diseases such as cancer, inflammation, and obesity. Importantly, the exact active ingredient of plant extract must be reported in the submitted research manuscript, since papers describing effects of mixed extraction from plants will not be accepted.
Dr. Jin Boo Jeong
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Natural plants
- Pharmacology activity
- Molecular mechanisms
- Human diseases
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