Recent Research on Natural Compounds: Biosynthesis, Analysis, and Application
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Biochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 794
Editor
Interests: phytochemistry; chromatography; mass spectrometry; GC-MS; analysis; biologically active substances of natural origin; pharmacognosy
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Dear Colleagues,
The interest in natural compounds and their activities drives research through extensive and multidisciplinary pathways. Identifying the compound responsible for an observed action is is far from straightforward. In addition, advances in analytical methods allow the precise molecular mechanism to be studied. Novel sources of biologically active compounds continue to emerge. Establishing these in practice requires not only knowledge of the chemical composition but also a deep understanding of the underlying molecular mechanism involved in the effect. On the other hand, understanding their biosynthesis is important in aspects of activity-driven production.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the identification and quantification of natural compounds (with modern or novel methods), biosynthesis, possible application (pharmaceutical or cosmetic), and biological activity. Since IJMS is a journal of molecular science, clinical or purely model studies are not suitable, except if they are also supported by biomolecular experiments.
Dr. Aleksandar Shkondrov
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- phytochemicals
- natural compounds
- chromatography
- MS
- NMR
- analysis
- identification
- extraction
- standardisation
- quantitation
- activity
- moleabular mechanism
- biosynthesis
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