Wound Healing Potential of Marine Natural Products
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 17611
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Interests: marine organisms; marine natural products; functional foods; cosmeceutical materials
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Dear Colleagues,
A wound is described as damage and any disorder in the healthy structure and function of the skin. Wound healing is a complex and dynamic process that involves various types of cells, including leukocytes, blood cells, fibroblasts, and epithelial cells, as well as mediators, growth factors, and cytokines. The prolongation of wound healing results in chronic wounds with more severe wound conditions. Thus, therapeutic treatments involving bioactive healing agents and/or wound dressings, are employed to facilitate the healing process.
Marine organisms are increasingly important as a source of valuable biological active metabolites. In recent years, marine organisms have been proven to contribute a valuable chemodiversity and potential substance with medicinal properties, such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antibacterials, and anticancer activity. Thus, marine organisms are the biggest source of positive natural compounds that could be utilized in the pharmaceutical industry as functional constituents.
Recently, there is a continuing increase in research targeting the discovery of compounds isolated from marine organisms that are effective for wound healing and skin tissue regeneration applications. The main goal of this Special Issue is to collect the original research articles regarding the wound healing effects of diverse marine organisms and marine natural products for development of cosmeceutical and/or biomedical materials.
Dr. Soo Jin Heo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Marine natural products
- Bioactive compounds and bioactive peptides
- Cosmeceutical materials
- Biomedical potential
- Wound healing
- Skin cell migration
- Anti-inflammatory
- Antimicrobial
- Fibroblast
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