Bioactive Compounds for Medicine and Health
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Pharmaceutical Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 94
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Interests: breast cancer; natural compounds; phytochemicals; estrogen receptors; tamoxifen resistance; chemoprevention
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Interests: pharmacology; polyphenols; traditional medicine; cancer biology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is a pleasure for us to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue of Life, which aims to collect the most recent information on the vast potential of plants and their bioactive compounds to human health.
Bioactive compounds, including flavonoids, alkaloids, terpenoids, and carotenoids, are non-nutrient constituents of foods that have biological activity with positive direct effects on living organisms, influencing health and disease. These natural compounds, which are characterized by structural diversity and complex mechanisms of action, offer promising therapeutic properties and are increasingly being recognized for their role in preventing and treating a wide range of diseases, including inflammation, cancer, cardiovascular disorders, metabolic syndrome, and neurodegenerative disorders.
For this Special Issue, we invite the submission of original research and reviews that address the most recent results of research on bioactive compounds on the following topics:
- Specific molecular pathways through which bioactive compounds exert their health benefits;
- Anti-oxidant properties of bioactive compounds;
- Anti-inflammatory effects and immune system modulation;
- Interactions with gut microbiota;
- Neuroprotection in degenerative disorders;
- Cardiovascular and metabolic health benefits;
- Bioactive compounds in oncology, including role in cancer prevention and treatment;
- Personalized medicine with bioactive compounds.
Dr. Christiana Charalambous
Dr. Alexandru Vasincu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- phytochemistry
- bioactive compounds
- cancer
- immune modulation
- heart disease
- diabetes
- obesity
- neurodegenerative diseases
- neuroprotection
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