Analysis and Pharmacological Evaluation of New Synthetic and Natural Molecules in Drug Discovery
A special issue of Journal of Functional Biomaterials (ISSN 2079-4983).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 August 2023) | Viewed by 3258
Special Issue Editors
Interests: synthesis; analysis; pharmacological evaluation; natural products; biosensors
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The discovery of new drugs for various diseases has always been of much importance owing to many reasons, including development of drug resistance, occurrence of side effects and treatment of untreatable and newly emerging conditions. New drugs are required continuously as the disease-causing vectors are continuing to evolve and become resistant to the existing drugs posing new challenges to human beings. Different sources of lead compounds include computer-aided drug design, synthesis in laboratory and natural products followed by optimization to achieve new molecules as future drug candidates. These new chemical entities have the potential to become therapeutic agents and they might be of value in the treatment of disease conditions with unmet medical needs.
This Special Issue aims to publish research and review articles related to the synthesis of new chemical entities, as well as isolation, purification and characterization of natural bioactive compounds and their pharmacological evaluation against various diseases. We invite high-quality manuscripts for submission to the Special Issue from experts around the globe dealing with drug discovery for various infectious and non-infectious diseases. Topics will include but not limited to synthesis of novel heterocyclic compounds, molecular modeling, screening of natural sources, analytical and bioanalytical method development, etc. The content of this Special Issue will be of great importance and will add value to the knowledge of scientific community involved in the development of new drug molecules for the treatment of diseases.
Dr. Waquar Ahsan
Dr. Asim Najmi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- synthesis
- analysis
- pharmacological evaluation
- natural products
- molecular modeling
- screening
- activity