Exploration of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants—Natural Products
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Medicinals, Herbs, and Specialty Crops".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 673
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant tissue culture; secondary metabolites; plant biotechnology; plant physiology; medicinal plants
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: natural products; phytochemistry; organic chemistry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Medicinal and aromatic plants have been widely used since ancient times by local communities in many regions of the world to treat different types of illnesses and diseases. Currently, these plants and the natural products obtained from them play an important role in modern therapeutics, because they represent a source of numerous bioactive compounds that arouse great interest in the pharmaceutical, food and agrochemical industries, due to their potential for the production of medicines, foods, natural pesticides, and antioxidants, among others.
The production of medicinal and aromatic plants involves a complex and dynamic chain which is under the influence of biotic and abiotic factors, where phytotechnical, physiological, genetic, chemical and biotechnological aspects must be considered.
This Special Issue aims to present an overview of progress and future trends in areas such as phytotechny, physiology, phytochemistry, biochemistry and biotechnology associated with the pharmacological properties of medicinal and aromatic plants, providing an update on the modern techniques used for the cultivation and management of species, and to obtain natural products from them, in natural or artificial environments.
Dr. Ana Hortência Fonseca Castro
Dr. Luciana Alves Rodrigues Dos Santos Lima
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant science
- plant breeding
- in vitro culture
- plant physiology
- plant biotechnology
- phytochemistry
- bioactive compounds
- secondary metabolites
- medicinal properties
