Exploring the Potential of Plant-Derived Natural Anticancer Agents
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 47
Special Issue Editors
Interests: anticancer agents; natural products; synthesis of small molecules, peptides, and peptidomimetics; medicinal chemistry; drug design
Interests: synthesis of heterocyclic compounds; chemotherapeutics; antioxidants; food-derived bioactive molecules; medicinal chemistry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Many plant-derived compounds are currently in clinical use as anticancer drugs or have proven to be useful chemical tools that can be used to investigate new targets, including those referred to as undruggable, involved in cancer progression and metastasis. Their unique structural features represent a relevant source of inspiration for medicinal chemists to generate promising chemical entities based on novel molecular scaffolds. However, despite the strong impact of bioactive natural compounds on drug discovery and development processes, it is likely that the vast majority of plant species, including those employed in traditional medicines, have not been fully explored.
This Special Issue aims to highlight recent and innovative results in the field of anticancer agents of plant origin. We welcome original research articles and reviews covering the isolation, characterization, anticancer activity, mechanisms of action, and computational studies of novel natural compounds, as well as the synthetic analogs of phytochemicals with anticancer properties.
Dr. Anna Ramunno
Dr. Francesca Aiello
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant extracts
- cancer
- synthesis
- bioactive compounds
- in vitro and in vivo assays
- drug-discovery
