Biological Activity of Plant Extracts
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2025 | Viewed by 30
Special Issue Editors
Interests: drug development; theranostics; diagnostics; therapeutics; plant extracts
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Interests: natural products analysis and processing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plants are widely used to ameliorate health disorders, prevent diseases, and conserve food. Plants are an inexhaustive reservoir of natural products with diverse biological activities offering treatment for several diseases. Pharmacotherapy is based on the extensive history of using plant extracts to treat a wide range of diseases. Investigating the therapeutic potential of plant extracts has proven to be a helpful and fruitful strategy in the search for possible pharmacological therapies. Numerous extracts obtained from diverse plants exhibit various potentially beneficial effects such as hepatoprotective, antitumoral, antioxidant, antimicrobial, antidiabetic, and anti-inflammatory traits, among others. The elucidation of the bioactive compositions of plant extracts is of great importance for both the standardization of the bioactivity of plant extracts and understanding their mechanisms of action.
This Special Issue will collect original research articles and review articles addressing recent advances in the extraction, identification, and biochemical evaluation of plant extracts. The in vitro, in vivo, and in silico biological effects of plant extracts will be also considered. Special attention will be paid to papers focusing on the discovery of new potential drugs and bioactive agents of plant origin. In addition, papers studying the utilization of bioactive plant extracts to develop innovative cosmetic and food formulations are strongly encouraged.
Dr. Andreas Tzakos
Dr. Vlasios Goulas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant extracts
- natural products
- antioxidant
- antimicrobial
- anti-inflammatory
- biological activities
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