Medicinal Plants and Phytochemicals for the Prevention and Intervention of Metabolic Disease and Its Complications
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: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 4
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Interests: inflammatory diseases; cardiovascular diseases; neurodegenerative diseases; inflammation; medicinal plants; oxidative stress
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Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce this Special Issue and welcome your submissions.
Medicinal plants and phytochemicals are critical to the advancement of medicine due to their therapeutic properties, which have potent health benefits across a wide range of human diseases and conditions. Since ancient times, medicinal plants have been used in traditional medicine. With the advances in monitoring and separating biomolecules, we are eager to use phytochemicals as remedies today. In this regard, medicinal plants and phytochemicals that prevent and intervene in metabolic diseases and their complications have gained paramount interest. They may exhibit anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-diabetic, and anti-dyslipidemia effects, ameliorate liver function, and improve cardiometabolic conditions, among other examples. Additionally, they can be used to treat complications of metabolic diseases. For example, diabetic, cardiovascular, and kidney-related pathologies can be alleviated through medicinal plants and phytochemicals’ anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, ultimately leading to cardio- and nephroprotective effects.
This Special Issue delves into the rationale that medicinal plants and phytochemicals are essential generators of a healthier, less diseased future, especially in the fight against metabolic diseases and their complications. We welcome clinical interventional and observational studies on the effects of medicinal plants and phytochemicals against metabolic diseases and their complications. Critical, narrative, systematic, and simple reviews and meta-analyses are also welcome. Preclinical studies may also be considered.
This Special Issue is supervised by Dr. Sandra Barbalho and is assisted by our Guest Editor Assistant Dr. Lucas Fornari Laurindo, Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Universidade de Marília (UNIMAR). We look forward to receiving your brilliant submissions. Your willingness to publish in this Special Issue will bolster the project’s success.
Dr. Sandra Barbalho
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- metabolic diseases
- phytochemicals
- medicinal plants
- metabolic diseases complications
- functional foods
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