Natural Products and Herbal Drugs as Immunomodulating Agents
A special issue of Biology (ISSN 2079-7737). This special issue belongs to the section "Immunology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 3732
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Interests: medicinal plants; pharmaceutical biology; phytochemistry; phytotherapy
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Dear Colleagues,
The importance and also the complexity of the human immune system is largely known. Currently, its multifaceted defencing role, its wide connections with the central nervous and the endocrine system, and the recent discover of new intracellular pathways have made it a very fascinating and multidisciplinary area of scientific research. The modulation of the immune response has a long and crucial history in medicine, biology, biotechnology, and pharmacology, since it has helped to strengthen and regulate defensive systems, from vaccination through to the development of specific and nonspecific drugs. Natural products could be undoubtedly considered as important immunomodulating agents; indeed, they have been the main source of lead compounds in drug discovery, and their use is deemed relevant in the ethnobotany of many different countries; in many medicine systems such as Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda; and in conventional Western medicine, as claimed by official monographs on medicinal plants issued by World Health Organizations and by European Medicines Agency.
This Special Issue focuses on the recent advances and latest research on natural products targeting the immune response. Original articles related to interactions between pathogens and the innate and adaptive responses modulated by natural products, isolated compounds, and phytocomplex of herbal drugs are welcome. Papers describing the role of natural products in the crosstalk between the immune system and other biological processes as well as works focusing on natural products as adjuvant compounds are also warmly welcome. All papers are asked to explore cellular and molecular mechanisms, linking biological activity to the chemical composition of the natural product. High quality and innovative in vitro methods are endorsed, as well as validated network pharmacology and in silico approaches. Only ethically well documented in vivo studies will be considered, and comprehensive reviews will be also accepted as well.
Dr. Marco Biagi
Dr. José Maurício Sforcin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Natural products
- Bee products
- Herbal drugs
- Immunomodulation
- Immune system
- Pharmaceutical biology
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