Antifungal Drug Design, Synthesis and Molecular Mechanisms
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Informatics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 August 2024 | Viewed by 1382
Special Issue Editor
Interests: organic synthesis methodology of pesticides and functional molecules; mechanisms of active molecules
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Phytopathogenic fungal infections are a major global threat to agricultural production, food security, and human health. More than 8000 species of fungi are known to cause plant diseases, of which they cause 85%, and contribute to huge economic crop losses. The antifungal compounds play a pivotal role in controlling fungal diseases. This Special Issue will from the perspective of molecular science focus on but not be limited to the discovery of natural products with antifungal activity, antifungal compound molecular structures derived from natural products, computer-aided drug design and synthesis of antifungal drugs, the molecular mechanism of action of antifungal drugs, and the development of fungal disease management strategies. We welcome well-prepared manuscripts of original research, review articles, and short communications from different fields, such as chemistry, biology, biochemistry, pharmacology, medicinal chemistry, and computational chemistry. The opportunity to capture all these views together in a Special Issue of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences is exciting. Our goal is to make this topic representative of the current state of knowledge in antifungal drug development.
Dr. Zhibing Wu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- fungal diseases
- antifungal compounds/agents
- natural products
- computer-aided drug design
- synthetic compounds
- mechanism of action
- fungal disease management strategies
