Metal-Based Compounds: Relevance for the Biomedical Field, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Inorganics (ISSN 2304-6740). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioinorganic Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 1
Special Issue Editors
Interests: chemistry of transition metal complexes; nanoparticles as drug delivery systems; antitumor activity
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Interests: bioinorganic chemistry; nanotechnology; molecular imprinting
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Interests: transition metal chemistry; biomolecules interactions; antitumor activity
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The exciting research fields of bioinorganic and inorganic medicinal chemistry are expanding, providing new perspectives regarding the interaction of inorganic compounds with biological matrixes and their potential as therapeutic and diagnosis agents. Metal complexes, especially those containing transition metal ions, are valuable platforms for drug design and have proven their biological properties many times over, with important progress in obtaining new compounds with antitumor, antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal activity.
Given the success of the First Edition of this Special Issue, a second volume was launched, seeking to gather original research papers and comprehensive review articles focusing on bioactive compounds. Original research articles as well as reviews are welcome, intending to highlight recent advances concerning the following issues:
- The role of metal ions in biological environments;
- Synthesis, physicochemical characterization of metal complexes, and evaluation of their biological and therapeutic potential;
- The interaction of coordination and organometallic compounds with biological macromolecules, such as nucleic acids and proteins;
- Coordination compounds as metalloenzymes mimics;
- Metallic and metal oxide nanoparticles as therapeutic and diagnosis agents.
Dr. Tamara Topala
Dr. Andreea Elena Bodoki
Prof. Dr. Luminita Simona Oprean
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- transition metal complexes
- biomolecules interactions
- enzyme mimics
- therapeutic platforms
- diagnosis agents
- biological activity
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