Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Natural Products for Metabolic Disease Treatment
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioactives and Nutraceuticals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026
Special Issue Editor
2. Lucio Lascaray Research Center, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
3. BIOARABA Health Research Institute, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Interests: obesity; liver steatosis; insulin resistance; bioactive compounds; mitochondria; autophagy
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Dear Colleagues,
Metabolic diseases encompass a broad and diverse spectrum of conditions that significantly impact public health, affecting up to a substantial portion of the adult and pediatric population. Common metabolic diseases include not only metabolic dysfunction associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), which is one prominent example within this category, but also type 2 diabetes mellitus, a chronic condition characterized by high blood sugar levels due to insulin resistance or inadequate insulin production; dyslipidemia, an abnormal amount of lipids (e.g., triglycerides, cholesterol) in the blood that can increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases and obesity among others.
Due to the lack of effective pharmacologic agents for treating many metabolic diseases, the scientific community is looking for new treatments. The use of natural products has emerged as an alternative therapeutic approach for the treatment of various metabolic disorders due to their anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antidiabetic, insulin-sensitizing, antiobesity, hypolipidemic, and hepatoprotective properties.
We warmly invite you to participate in this Special Issue, "Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Natural Products for Metabolic Disease Treatment", by presenting your most recent research or ideas focused on the molecular-level studies between metabolic diseases and natural products. Experimental papers and up-to-date review articles are welcome.
Dr. Saioa Gómez-Zorita
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- metabolic diseases
- natural products
- MAFLD
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