Biological Activities of Plant Extracts and Their Applications
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical and Molecular Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2025 | Viewed by 1203
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plant cell cultures; secondary metabolites; biological activity
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plants are an abundant source of specialized metabolites that play roles in plant growth and survival. The effects of secondary metabolites on the interactions between plants with microorganisms or other organisms are relevant for obtaining compounds with biological activity. Scientific advances in the isolation, obtaining, identification, and evaluation of the biological activities of secondary metabolites are one way to determine their applications. This Special Issue on “Biological Activities of Plant Extracts and Their Applications” aims to evaluate the current state of the art in the study of secondary metabolites and their application due to their biological activity.
We invite authors to submit original research articles and review articles covering (but not limited to) the following topics: the biological activity of plant extracts and their applications and the biological activity of extracts from plant cell cultures and their applications.
Prof. Dr. Francisco Cruz-Sosa
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biological activity
- bioactive compounds
- plant cell cultures
- plant extracts
- secondary metabolites
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