Anticancer, Antioxidant, and Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Natural Products
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pharmacology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2025 | Viewed by 393
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food chemistry; chromatography; green chemistry; sustainability
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: bioactive compounds; obesity; diabetes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Natural products have emerged as valuable sources of bioactive compounds, demonstrating significant potential in improving health and preventing diseases.
This Special Issue invites submissions that explore the diverse roles of natural products, particularly their abilities to combat oxidative stress, modulate inflammatory pathways, and exhibit anticancer and antitumoral effects.
We welcome original research and comprehensive review articles exploring recent advances in how plant extracts, medicinal herbs, foods, by-products, and other naturally derived products can provide alternative and complementary therapeutic approaches.
Studies on the bioactivity of these compounds—especially those examining their impact on cellular mechanisms in vitro and in vivo models—are particularly encouraged, as they offer essential insights into the preventive and therapeutic potential of natural products.
Dr. Rita Carneiro Alves
Dr. Nelson Andrade
Dr. Cláudia Silva
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bioactive compounds
- natural extracts
- health promotion/disease prevention
- oxidative stress modulation
- inflammatory pathway regulation
- anticancer and antitumoral effects
- cellular mechanisms
- in vitro and in vivo bioactivity studies
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