Exploration of Natural Compounds: Pharmaceutical, Phytochemical and Biological Analyses—2nd Edition
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 2026
Special Issue Editor
Interests: natural products; natural-product-based hybrids; herbal formulations; biotransformation biological properties
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Chemical substances from nature represent a great source of biologically valuable molecules, and they are attracting increasing attention, especially with the incidence of new diseases. They also play an impactful role in drug discovery by unveiling new molecular skeletons and by inspiring the preparation of semisynthetic and hybrid prototypes. This Special Issue within the Natural Products Chemistry Section of Molecules aims to present recent and high-quality findings in the area of natural products. Original papers related to new compounds from plant species, mushrooms, macro-fungi, alga, food, microbial fermentation, microbial and enzymatic biotransformation and animals with significant biological potential are welcome. This Special Issue also considers results dealing with new pharmacological potential with the mechanisms of action of known natural substances, as well as those addressing the rational design and preparation of semisynthetic derivatives and the synthesis of natural-product-based hybrids with promising therapeutic potential. We would also like to receive results on dereplication studies and the quantification of main components (LCMS data, LCMS- and NMR-based metabolomic data) in new herbal formulations with a particular therapeutic application (antimicrobial, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, enzymatic effects, antihyperglycemic, antiprotozoal, etc.) as well as critical reviews on recent advances and attractive topics in natural products chemistry (new purification techniques, therapeutic potential, fermentation methods, etc.).
Prof. Dr. Louis Pergaud Sandjo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- natural products
- structure elucidation
- natural-product-based hybrids
- herbal formulations
- biotransformation
- biological properties
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