Special Issue "Advances on Applications of Bioactive Natural Compounds"
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2021) | Viewed by 19776
Special Issue Editors

Interests: bioactive natural compounds; isolation and identification of secondary metabolites using chromatographic (tlc, CC, HPLC, GC) and spectroscopic (NMR and MS) techniques; synthesis and structural modification of natural compounds derivatives to increase bioactivity
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2. Laboratório de Farmaco-Toxicologia, UBIMedical, Universidade da Beira Interior (CICS-UBI), 6201-506 Covilhã, Portugal
Interests: toxicology; analytical method development; recreational drugs; natural psychoactive substances; therapeutic drug monitoring; sample preparation; alternative samples; miniaturized extraction procedures
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Natural compounds, from terrestrial and marine sources, are the result of an evolutionary process which originated in compounds with great structural diversity, multiple biological activities and miscellaneous applications. A large and very active research field is dedicated to identifying biosynthesized compounds; to improve/develop new methodologies; to produce/reuse natural compounds; to assess their potential; and to understand their mechanism of action. These are the reasons why the Special Issue “Advances on Applications of Bioactive Natural Compounds” has been created.
This Special Issue aims to collect excellent original and review works, focused on the most recent advances related to secondary metabolites’ composition of natural sources, and the proposal of new applications for their constituents, such as therapeutic agents, and cosmetics and food ingredients.
As guest editors, we invite and look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Ana M. L. Seca
Prof. Dr. Eugenia Gallardo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural compound
- applications
- bioactive
- medicine
- health
- cosmetic
- food