Natural Products in Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Current Issues in Molecular Biology (ISSN 1467-3045). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioorganic Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 1249
Special Issue Editor
Interests: redox signaling; Keap1; Nrf2; liver cancer; lung cancer; apoptosis; DNA damage; cellular toxicology; genetic toxicology; gene regulation; cell physiology; xenobiotics; pharmacogenomics; toxicogenomics; carcinogenesis; endocrine disruptors; metabolism; mouse models; structure–activity relationships
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Dear Colleagues,
Bioactive compounds from natural products and their structural analogues have been used for a long time in biomedical and pharmacotherapeutic applications for treating conditions such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and infectious diseases. Following on from the first edition, we invite researchers to present primary research papers, reviews, visionary perspectives, or retrospective analyses that address recent advances in our understanding of the contributions of natural products to biological processes, as well as to the development of new therapeutics with consequences for human health and drug safety. Studies addressing the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of natural products, as well as studies utilizing novel analytical tools, the genome mining of novel natural products, the genetic engineering of natural products’ biosynthetic genes, structure-based methods, molecular dynamics simulations, and computational tools for the analysis of bioactive compounds from natural products, are welcome. Studies utilizing rational genetic engineering, promoter engineering, targeted gene manipulation, and heterologous expression for improving the pharmacological properties of bioactive compounds, as well as for improving the immunomodulatory properties of natural products, would also be an asset.
Dr. Ahmed Ezat El Zowalaty
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- natural products
- genetic engineering
- pharmacotherapy
- anticancer
- antimicrobials
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