Recent Advances in Discovery of Microbial and Plant Specialized Metabolites
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioactives and Nutraceuticals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 56
Special Issue Editor
Interests: natural products; secondary metabolites; bioactive compounds; spectroscopy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Specialized metabolites, or secondary metabolites, are compounds produced by different organisms that are not directly involved in the primary metabolic processes necessary for growth, development, and reproduction. These natural products often play specific roles in interactions with the environment, defense mechanisms, and communication. They belong to different chemical classes such as alkaloids, terpenoids, phenolic compounds, flavonoids, polyketides and glycosides. Specialized metabolites can influence the growth and development of neighboring organisms through allelopathy. Some plants release chemicals into the soil to inhibit the growth of competing plants, helping them establish dominance in a particular area. Many pharmaceuticals and drugs are also derived from natural compounds. In fact, plants, fungi, and bacteria are able to produce metabolites with potential medicinal properties that have been exploited for various therapeutic purposes. Understanding and studying specialized metabolites are crucial in fields such as pharmacology, agriculture, food production and ecology, as they play essential roles in various biological processes and interactions within ecosystems. Therefore, this Special Issue will report advancements in the isolation and chemical and biological characterization of both microbial and plant specialized metabolites.
Dr. Marco Masi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- natural products
- specialized metabolites
- secondary metabolites
- plant
- pharmacology
