The Role of Bioactive Compounds in Human Health and Disease: 3rd Edition
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: 30 July 2025 | Viewed by 750
Special Issue Editor
Interests: metabolic disorders; cancer; inflammation; oxidative stress; natural compounds; molecular signaling
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Dear Colleagues,
A bioactive compound is a compound that has an effect on a living organism, tissue or cell, usually demonstrated by basic research in vitro or in vivo in the laboratory. Bioactive compounds are commonly derived from plants, and can be synthetically produced. Examples of plant bioactive compounds are carotenoids, polyphenols, or phytosterols. Bioactive compounds from plants are vital for human health and disease, which are gaining wide attention for their anticancer activities and anti-inflammatory activity, etc., yet their significance remains underappreciated.
This Special Issue aims to provide a platform for molecular mechanistic research and potential medical applications on bioactive compound with a special focus on inhibition of inflammation, tumor growth and metastasis, enhancement of cancer therapeutic efficacy or amelioration of the associated adverse effects. Research and develop hyphenated technological platforms of metabolomics for deciphering the biosynthetic pathway(s) of specific bioactive phytocompounds in plants.
We warmly welcome your submissions of original papers and reviews based on results from molecular viewpoints.
This Special Issue is supervised by Prof. Dr. Guan-Jhong Huang and assisted by our Guest Editor’ assistant editor Dr. Xingkang Wu xingkang1234@126.com (Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University).
Prof. Dr. Guan-Jhong Huang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cancer
- inflammation
- cardiovascular diseases
- plants
- bioactive compounds
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