Molecular Applications of Microbial and Marine-Derived Natural Products with Health Benefits
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 December 2025 | Viewed by 32
Special Issue Editor
Interests: pharmacotherapy; clinical pharmacy; dose–response relationship; plant extracts; Cannabis sativa; cannabinoids; chitin; biopolymers; neuropathic pain; wound healing; microglia; neuralgia; peripheral neuropathy; cell proliferation; anticarcinogen; epilepsy; antiseizure; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; oxidoreductase; bacterial protein; pharmacovigilance
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Due to the growing demand for natural products with scientifically validated health benefits, alternative sources are being continuously explored. Currently, microbial and marine-derived natural products are being widely investigated to decipher their interactions with macromolecular entities intrinsic to the human body or pathogens.
Through various molecular mechanisms, microorganisms have considerable applications in medicine, acting as direct treatments (e.g., probiotics or engineered microbes) or enabling the production of antibiotics, vaccines, enzymes, human insulin, growth hormones, interferons, anticancer, and immunosuppressive drugs.
On the other hand, marine organisms are distinguished by their structural diversity and unique chemical and molecular functionalization. A wide variety of molecular mechanisms underlie their therapeutic role in different malignancies, inflammation, severe chronic pain, and infectious diseases. Moreover, marine-derived nutraceuticals have numerous health benefits, targeting various key molecules and metabolic pathways.
This Special Issue is being led by Prof. Dr. Simona Negreș and assisted by our Dr. Violeta Popovici (Department of Integrated Mountain Territorial Development, Center for Mountain Economics “Costin C. Kiriţescu” National Institute of Economic Research of the Romanian Academy).
Therefore, in this Special Issue, we welcome original studies at the molecular level or literature reviews on the applications of microbial and marine-derived natural products in health and disease.
Prof. Dr. Simona Negreş
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- microbial products
- marine-derived products
- pharmacological activity
- key molecules
- molecular mechanisms
- drug discovery
- nutraceuticals
- therapy
- prophylaxis
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