Discovering Novel Drugs from Plants
A special issue of Pharmaceuticals (ISSN 1424-8247). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 December 2024 | Viewed by 125
Special Issue Editor
2. Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
Interests: natural products; signal transduction; cancer; reproduction
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Discovering novel drugs from plants is an interdisciplinary field. Plants contain a diverse array of chemical compounds, many of which have evolved to protect against herbivores and pathogens. Some of these compounds also contribute to human health and disease treatment. This Special Issue welcomes scientific research papers that are innovative and creative in the field of plant-derived drug development, including ethnopharmacology, plant identification, plant extraction and isolation, bioactivity screening, and preclinical trials.
Dr. Yung-Chia Chen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- natural products
- drug discovery
- bioactive compound
- extraction
- ethnopharmacology
- preclinical test
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