Plant-Based Early Therapeutics for Parasitic Infections Combined with Functional Modern Diagnosis Methods

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased invite you to submit a manuscript for consideration and possible publication in a Special Issue on “Plant-Based Early Therapeutics for Parasitic Infections Combined with Functional Modern Diagnosis Methods”, to be published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms, EISSN:1422-0067, IF 4.9), a reputable, open access journal by MDPI. If accepted, your manuscript will be published as a feature paper and given the highest priority for processing and peer review.

We will give priority to original research papers and comprehensive reviews. The topics of this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, recent advances in the following areas:

• Medicinal and functional plants containing bioactive molecules are utilized to combat parasitic diseases in humans and animals based on confirmed anti-parasitic molecular mechanisms.
• Life cycles of parasites can be further divided into two categories: direct (monoxenous) and indirect (heteroxenous). Designing methods or techniques for functionally and efficiently detecting different parasite-infected stages for advanced improvement in hosts and environments is important. These methods and techniques include artificial intelligence analytic systems and vision recognition for changes in parasites and vectors under medicinal and functional plant treatments. Of course, other modern functional and molecular biological diagnostic methods are also acceptable.
• Antimicrobial and antiparasitic drugs for preventive feed additive were banned by many countries and international unions. Therefore, efficacious therapeutic strategies or methods, especially on the linkage between early diagnosis and therapy, are urgently needed. Manuscripts on early diagnosis and therapy for antiparasitic medicinal and functional plants’ administration are acceptable.
• Modern physical examination techniques, diagnostic equipment, and monitoring systems for parasite-infected animals and patients can help prevent labor exhaustion and promote environmental hygiene in ranches and hospitals. Further investigations focusing on the precise delivery of antiparasitic medicinal plant products, together with the application of the aforementioned modern diagnostic methods targeting specific molecular pathways, are warranted.
• Finally, exact antiparasitic drug withdrawal control is very important to host health and welfare and environmental health. Functional detections and analytic methods on the therapeutic efficiency of anti-parasitic plants are also welcome.

We hope you find this topic interesting and choose to publish your work in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Thank you for your consideration and please contact us if you have any questions or suggestions.

Prof. Dr. Lee Tian Chang
Guest Editor

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