Bioactive Molecules and Health

Dear Colleagues,

Numerous studies have shown that various bioactive molecules from the plant kingdom could play a key role in prevention or in therapeutic strategies, alone or in association with classical pharmacological drugs. For example, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) showed that 40% of the approved molecules are natural compounds or inspired by them, of which 74% are used in anticancer therapy. In other various contexts of degenerative diseases (ocular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, auto-immune disorders, etc.), natural products, due to their pleiotropic pharmaceutical actions, could contribute to prevent the occurrence of these pathologies. Among them, polyphenols, fatty acids such as omega-3, oil extracts, and marine compounds could be candidates of choice to exert a preventive action against many of the evils of our century, and could act as therapeutic adjuvants.

This Special Issue aims to cover areas related to the potential health benefits of various bioactive molecules from plants. Specifically, this Special Issue will highlight the biological properties and molecular mechanisms in major pathologies in terms of public health, including metabolic diseases, cancers, degenerative age-related diseases, ocular diseases, and inflammatory/immune pathologies.

I cordially invite authors to contribute original articles as well as review articles that will give the readers of International Journal of Molecular Sciences updated and new perspectives about bioactive molecules and their derivatives, which could contribute to the establishment new interest in the development of natural compounds for health.

Subtopics:

- Structure–activity relationships of natural bioactive compounds.

- Bioactive molecules and cancers.

- Bioactive molecules and degenerative diseases.

- Bioactive molecules and ocular diseases.

- Bioactive molecules and inflammatory diseases.

- Bioactive molecules and metabolic disorders. 

Prof. Dominique Delmas
Guest Editor

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