Metabolism of Bioactives and Natural Products
A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 68
Special Issue Editors
Interests: natural products; isoflavones; saponins; inulin; diabetes; digestive system; male gonad
Interests: endocrine disrupting chemicals; hormonal imbalance; male reproductive system; Isoflavones
Interests: cellular stress; autophagy; digestive system; steroid hormones imbalance; cell adhesion molecules; hemopoiesis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Bioactive components and natural products and their structural analogues have played an important role in pharmacotherapy, especially in the past. Now, our attention is once again turning toward potentially therapeutic/healing compounds found in nature. The sources of natural products include secondary metabolites and endogenous active compounds isolated not only from plants but also from fungi, animals, and microorganisms. Natural products provide unique characteristics compared to traditional synthetic molecules, presenting both benefits and obstacles in the drug discovery process. Natural products have a profound impact on human physiology, metabolism, and stress responses. Extensive research has demonstrated that the in vivo pharmacodynamic effects of natural products are strongly related to their metabolic profiles, depending on the bioavailability, absorption, and metabolism of bioactive compounds (in this context, the microbiota has a significant role to play). Studying bioactive metabolites in vivo and assessing their activity against various diseases is challenging due to the diversity of these chemical structures, their low and varied concentrations, and the variability in the production of specific metabolites within the population. In this Special Issue, we aim to identify and characterize compounds that affect molecular targets and their pharmacological potential, ultimately benefiting human health.
Dr. Kamila Misiakiewicz-Has
Prof. Dr. Barbara Wiszniewska
Dr. Sylwia Rzeszotek
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural products
- bioactive
- medicinal plants
- phytochemicals
- isoflavones
- triterpenes
- coumarins
- alkaloids
- prebiotics
- carotenoids
- polyphenols
- organosulfur compounds
