Sulfur-Containing Compounds: Synthesis, Characterization and Antimicrobial or Anticancer Activity
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Biochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2025 | Viewed by 1146
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Interests: organic synthesis; luminescent probes; carbohydrates; BODIPY; curcumin; sulfenic acids
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Interests: organic synthesis; luminescent probes; carbohydrates; bioactive compounds; oligo phenylene ethynylene; sulfenic acids
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this new Special Issue that will focus on sulfur-containing compounds. Sulfurated molecules are often found in nature, and their biological roles make them important scaffolds in medicinal and pharmacological chemistry as well as in materials science and organic synthesis. The C-S bond is present in a wide range of active compounds, and for this reason, researchers have turned their attention to the development of efficient methods of forming such C-S bonds. Organic sulfur compounds are very effective in preventing various pathological human diseases; they act as gene modulators of some key regulating factors, are involved in the maintenance of cellular redox homeostasis, and possess antioxidant activity that is able to counterbalance the increased oxidative stress associated with many degenerative diseases. Sulfides, known also as thioethers, disulfides, sulfoxides, and thiosulfinates, are a sulfurated functional group found in nature; they are an integral part of many biologically active molecules such as antibiotics and antitumor drugs.
In this Special Issue, we wish to involve authors who would like to communicate their work on various aspects of sulfur-containing compounds, their synthesis (i.e., updated conventional methodologies or unconventional synthetic pathways), their characterization (which may be after the purification of natural sources), their nutraceutical properties, their role in the development of novel drugs, and their potential application in the biomedical antimicrobial and anticancer fields. The formation of C-S bonds is the main focus of this SI; we are confident that each new sulfurated molecule may have potential applicability.
We welcome the submission of original research articles, short communications, reviews, and featured articles to this Special Issue. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) organic chemistry, pharmaceuticals, food, natural products, therapeutics, phytochemistry, and inflammatory processes.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Paola Bonaccorsi
Dr. Chiara Maria Antonietta Gangemi
Dr. Anna Barattucci
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sulfurated compounds
- sulfoxides
- disulfides
- sulfides
- thiosulfinates
- xanthates
- antibacterial
- antivirus
- anticancer
- antimicrobial
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