Natural Bioactive Compounds for Human Health, 3rd Edition
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pharmacology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 31
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Interests: natural products drug discovery from natural resources; development of botanical dietary supplements from herbal medicines; traditional herbal medicines against different disease targets such as cancer; hiv; hcv; bird flu
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Dear Colleagues,
We are inviting manuscripts for the Special Issue “Natural Bioactive Compounds for Human Health”, which will contain a selection of papers dealing with health-related bioactive substances from plant sources. Original research reports, review articles, and commentaries are welcome.
Natural plant products have been used for a long time as medicine to treat a variety of diseases, although the mainstream pharmaceutical market has recently been dominated by synthetic drugs. However, we have witnessed the advent of global interest in complementary and alternative medicine, as well as non-synthetic pharmaceutical products. Substances of natural plant origin have attracted the attention of the pharmaceutical community as a viable source offering benefits for disease management and health maintenance. As a result, many biologically active natural plant products (such as flavonoids, terpenoids, phenolics, and alkaloids) have been discovered and are in different stages of development.
Led by Prof. Dr. Hongjie Zhang, with the assistance of Topical Advisory Panel Member Dr. Juer Liu (University of Minnesota, https://bbe.umn.edu/people/juer-liu), this Special Issue aims to cover all aspects of natural bioactive plant products, including, but not limited to, chemical characterization, in vitro and in vivo activities, clinical effects, mechanisms of action, structure–activity relationships, and pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic properties. Papers dealing with the product development of natural nutraceuticals and dietary supplements are also welcome. In Volumes I and II, we published 16 manuscripts, attracting high visibility and citations. We welcome you to read them and seek your contribution (comprehensive review, original article, etc.) to Volume III.
Prof. Dr. Hongjie Zhang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- natural bioactive plant products
- biological and pharmacological activity
- natural plant drug discovery and development
- nutraceuticals
- botanical dietary supplement
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