Investigation of Natural Products as Sources of Bioactive Molecules, 2nd Edition
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: 20 September 2025 | Viewed by 1153
Special Issue Editor
Interests: metabolomic; chemical characterization of natural products; determination of pollutants in environmental matrices; food chemistry
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Dear Colleagues,
Natural products can derive from plants and animals, and considering their rich composition, they certainly represent an inexhaustible source of high-potential substances that can be exploited in multiple sectors. Their various physiological and biological activities are based on their specific chemical structures. However, the process of identifying bioactive components from natural product mixtures can be quite difficult since many of them are quite complex. For the purposes of chemical characterization, various extractive and analytical techniques are applied for the detection and identification of the constituent molecules.
Based on the bioactivity exerted by most of the molecules that characterize natural products, in recent years, there has been a growing interest in the study of biological activities such as antioxidant, antibacterial, cytotoxic, anti-inflammatory activities, and so on.
This Special Issue welcomes original research and reviews on topics such as methods for the extraction and characterization of bioactive molecules from natural products, including those associated with the evaluation of their biological properties.
Dr. Stefania Garzoli
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- metabolomic
- secondary metabolites
- phytochemical analysis
- bioactivity
- chemical investigation
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