Phytochemical Analysis and Biological Activity of Extracts from Plants, Fungi and Algae
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 41
Special Issue Editors
Interests: natural products; phytochemistry; structural elucidation; pharmacology; secondary metabolites
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Interests: Medicinal plants as source of antibacterial, antivirulence and/or antiresistance compounds; Natural and semisynthetic compounds active against emerging and reemerging pathogens such as ESKAPE-E superbugs, Leishmania spp. and Mycobacterium tuberculosis MDR and XDR
Interests: natural products; phytochemistry; structural elucidation; pharmacology; secondary metabolites
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Throughout history, there has been an interest in the study of plants, fungi and algae to obtain compounds. Simple aqueous extractions from plants, flowers and insects have been used to isolate compounds whose flavor, color and odor have been used for different purposes. The therapeutic use of plants in society constitutes part of the universal culture that humanity has accumulated; however, the selection process for randomly collected plants and the phytochemical examination of plants with the aim of identifying new chemical compounds have allowed us to discover a wide range of organic compounds with interesting properties. In medicinal chemistry, one of the main objectives in the development of a drug is to find a suitable candidate that has the desired pharmacological activity (preferably through a single receptor) and very few or no side effects, which is why alternatives are sought, such as the use of aqueous extracts of plants, fungi and algae for the treatment of frequent medical problems, such as infectious, gastrointestinal, pulmonary, metabolic, and cardiovascular diseases. The metabolism of plants is very important and occurs through enzymatic chemical reactions, which generate primary and secondary metabolites that can be isolated, characterized and chemically modified to enhance their biological activities. This Special Issue aims to understand the secondary metabolites present in plants, fungi and algae, as well as their biological effects. Articles that include pharmacological studies using in vitro and in vivo models and that include partial or total chemistry are welcome.
Dr. Manasés González-Cortazar
Dr. Gloria María Molina-Salinas
Dr. Alejandro Zamilpa Alvarez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- phytochemicals
- biological activities
- natural product isolation
- extraction of natural products
- compound isolation
- bioactive secondary metabolites
- chromatography
- structure elucidation
- phytochemical purification
- marine natural products
