Biological Activity of Natural and Synthetic Compounds
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 72348
Special Issue Editor
Interests: medicinal chemistry; drug discovery; chemical synthesis; structure–activity relationships of bioactive compounds; anticancer agents; cancer metabolism; enzymatic assays
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Dear Colleagues,
The drug discovery process is a challenging multi-step path towards the identification of potential new medicines. The driving force of this process is an unmet medical need: new drugs are needed to prevent a disease, to fight a pathology, or to diagnose a medical condition when there are currently no suitable medical products. An intensive search is pursued to find a drug-like molecule which could be obtained by chemical synthesis from smaller chemical building blocks or isolated from natural sources such as plants. Currently, the drugs on the market are both of natural and synthetic origin, however there are also semi-synthetic drugs, which are generally obtained by converting starting materials from natural sources into final products by chemical reactions. The main aim of this Special Issue on the “Biological Activity of Natural and Synthetic Compounds” is to collect contributions, both in the form of original research and review articles, to cover studies concerning the identification of natural and synthetic bioactive compounds with relevant biological activities.
Prof. Dr. Carlotta Granchi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Medicinal chemistry
- Drug discovery
- Natural compounds
- Synthetic compounds
- Bioactive compounds
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