Sea-Inspired Molecules
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 9037
Special Issue Editor
Interests: sustainable exploitation and management of seas; marine natural products, isolation, and stereostructural elucidation of new lead compounds in antimicrobial and anticancer drug discovery; QQ and the QS system in bacteria symbiotic with sponges; cyanobacteria as source of novel lead compounds and toxins
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Dear Colleagues,
Oceans comprise 71% of the surface area of the earth. Keeping this data in mind, it is easy to understand why natural product chemists have looked to marine organisms as a novel source of new molecules since the early 80s. The marine environment is an excellent reservoir of novel bioactive molecules because they have chemical features not found in terrestrial organisms.
In this Special Issue, we will collect really creative and original works related to unusual skeletons, halogenated molecules, sulfur molecules, and nitrogen molecules in the form of original research articles and reviews, isolated from marine macro- and microorganisms, as well as original methodologies used to assign absolute stereochemistry.
Because it is largely recognized that scientific works by women are often overlooked [1] despite the importance of authorship in determining careers, we would especially appreciate original contributions with the lead and/or corresponding author being a woman.
Prof. Dr. Valeria Costantino
Guest Editor
1. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190207102624.htm
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Keywords
- marine organisms
- molecules
- halogenated compounds
- sulfur compounds
- nitrogen compounds
- new inspiring skeletons
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