Special Issue "Bioactive Molecules from Plants: Discovery and Pharmaceutical Applications, 3rd Edition"
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Biopharmaceutics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 September 2023) | Viewed by 1541
Special Issue Editor
Interests: bioactive compounds; cell signaling; drug delivery; drug discovery; enzymology; high-throughput screening; metalloproteases; molecular pharmacology; nanoparticles; neuropeptides; neurodegenerative diseases; parkinson's disease; protein-protein interaction inhibitors; protein engineering; protein structure; protease inhibitors; protein folding and aggregation; substrate specificity; X-ray crystallography
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plants have historically proven their value as a source of bioactive molecules with pharmaceutical potential, and due to increasing demand for chemical diversity in pharmaceutical screening programs, the identification of novel therapeutic drugs from natural sources represents an interesting approach. Indeed, plants are extremely rich sources of bioactive molecules that are useful for a multitude of applications in the fields of biomedicine, cosmetics, and the food industry.
The focus of this Special Issue is the identification, extraction, purification, characterization and formulation of novel bioactive molecules derived from plants. The topics include, but are not limited to, bioactive compounds as supplements for functional foods and cosmetics, novel molecules with antioxidant properties, bioactive compounds targeting cell survival and cell signaling pathways, novel protein and non-protein protease inhibitors from plants, bioactive molecules with anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, or antiviral properties, and compounds with immunomodulatory effects.
Dr. Javier Garcia-Pardo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antioxidants
- antimicrobial activity
- antiviral agent
- bioactive molecules
- cell signaling
- drug discovery
- functional foods
- high-throughput screening
- medicinal chemistry
- medicinal plants
- protease inhibitor
- phytotherapy
- phytochemicals
- drug delivery
- formulation
