Bioactive Compounds and Biological Functions of Natural Products
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025
Special Issue Editors
Interests: natural product; synthesis; structural modification; biological activity; mechanism study
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Interests: medicinal plants; natural product chemistry; bioactivity; compound isolation; phytochemical analysis; natural product drug discovery
Interests: cancer chemoprevention; nutrition; olive oil; polyphenols; natural bioactive compounds; antioxidants; oxidative stress; genotoxicity; mutagenicity; apoptosis; cell cycle regulation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Natural products with biological activity are an important source of innovative drugs. Statistics data show that over half of small molecule drugs come from natural products and their analogues. Therefore, isolating bioactive compounds from natural products and evaluating the efficacy of natural products and their active ingredients is of great significance for drug development. At the same time, developing efficient synthetic strategies for natural product source compounds and evaluating their biological activity, as a necessary step in obtaining corresponding innovative drugs, has always been at the forefront of research by organic chemists and pharmaceutical chemists. Thus, this Special Issue aims to collect and showcase the latest advances in the preparation, synthesis strategies, and bioactivity evaluation of natural products and their derivatives and provide new methods and template molecules for the development of innovative drugs.
Dr. Xuetao Xu
Dr. Lishe Gan
Dr. Roberto Fabiani
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Molecules is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Dr. Xuetao Xu
Dr. Lishe Gan
Dr. Roberto Fabiani
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Molecules is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- natural product
- bioactive compounds
- bioactivity evaluation
- biological functions
- synthesis strategies
- mechanisms of action
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