The Role of Natural Products in Treating Human Diseases
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 September 2025 | Viewed by 400
Special Issue Editor
Interests: bioactive compounds as health promoters; natural products; medicinal plants; bioactivity; in vivo assays; clinical trials
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Dear Colleagues,
Natural products originating from living organisms have a long history of use in the treatment of numerous human diseases and are now being actively researched for their potential therapeutic benefits. Plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms are examples of a wide variety of organisms that can be used for natural products. Plant-derived phytochemicals, in particular, are being extensively studied for their potential in treating chronic disorders. They may provide solutions to these problems since they contain a variety of components that can exhibit unexpected biological properties. Furthermore, individual ingredients derived from natural sources are expected to have synergistic effects when employed in traditional medicine. Natural products have shown promise in treating a range of human diseases, including cancer, infectious diseases, cardiovascular diseases, neurological disorders, and others. Their potential for preventing, alleviating, and curing a variety of illnesses is still being researched. Many drugs currently used to treat diseases, including cancer and infectious diseases, are derived from natural sources, and research continues to identify new compounds with therapeutic potential. Natural products are valuable resources for drug discovery due to their structural diversity and complexity. They can serve as lead compounds for the development of new drugs, and synthetic analogs of natural products with improved efficacy and safety can also be created. This Special Issue focusses on the previously unknown therapeutic benefits of natural products against various diseases.
Dr. Luís R. Silva
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- natural products
- phytochemicals
- biological potential
- pharmacological activity
- health promoters
- chronic diseases
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