Marine Drugs — Journal Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief
Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
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Interests: marine and terrestrial natural products; pharmaceutical biology; stereostructure elucidation; bioactivity
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals Special Issue in Marine Drugs: From Bioactive Compounds to New Drugs: Commemorative Issue Dedicated to Professor Ernesto Fattorusso (1937-2012)
Special Issue in Molecules: From Bioactive Compounds to New Drugs: Commemorative Issue Dedicated to Professor Ernesto Fattorusso (1937-2012)
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Selected Papers from the 3rd Sino-Italian Symposium on Bioactive Natural Products & 1st International Forum for Drug Discovery Chemistry
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Selected Papers from the 4th Sino–Italian Symposium on Bioactive Natural Products

Associate Editor
Departamento de Química, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar and CIIMAR, Universidade do Porto, Rua Jorge de Viterbo Ferreira, nº228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
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Interests: antibacterial compounds from higher plants, marine invertebrates, soil and marine-derived fungi, cosmetic ingredients from marine resources, natural biopesticides
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals Special Issue in Molecules: Selected Papers from the 6th International Conference on Natural Products for Health and Beauty (NATPRO 6)
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Marine Products for Health and Beauty
Special Issue in Molecules: Selected Papers from the Joint Symposia of MESMAP-5 & ISPBS-5

Associate Editor
Department of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Products, Faculty of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis Zografou, GR 15771, Athens, Greece
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Interests: marine natural products; chemotaxonomy; chemical ecology
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals Special Issue in Molecules: Triterpenes and Triterpenoids 2013
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Bioactive Halogenated Metabolites of Marine Origin
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Bioactivity of Marine Natural Products
Topical Collection in Molecules: Triterpenes and Triterpenoids
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Biotransformations Utilizing Marine/Marine-Derived Bacteria and Fungi
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Terpenoids from Marine Organisms

Associate Editor
Neurofarba Department, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche e Nutraceutiche, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Sesto Fiorentino (Florence) 50019, Italy
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Interests: drug design; metalloenzymes; carbonic anhydrases, anticancer agents; antiinfectives; sulfonamides; coumarins
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals Special Issue in Molecules: Structure-Based Drug Design
Special Issue in Metabolites: Cancer Metabolomics 2016
Special Issue in Pathogens: Pathogen Legionella pneumophila
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Enzyme-Inhibitor Interaction as Examples of Molecular Recognition
Special Issue in Molecules: Sulfonamides
Special Issue in Metabolites: Carbonic Anhydrases and Metabolism
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Carbonic Anhydrase in Marine Organism
Special Issue in Molecules: Metalloenzyme Inhibitors and Activators
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Protease and Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors and Their Roles in Pathological Processes
Special Issue in Metabolites: Carbonic Anhydrases and Metabolism Volume 2
Topical Collection in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: 20th Anniversary of IJMS: Advances in Biochemistry
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Protease and Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors, II

Associate Editor
Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
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Interests: bioactive natural products; marine metabolites; NMR spectroscopy; structure elucidation; tunicates
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals Special Issue in Marine Drugs: From Bioactive Compounds to New Drugs: Commemorative Issue Dedicated to Professor Ernesto Fattorusso (1937-2012)
Special Issue in Molecules: From Bioactive Compounds to New Drugs: Commemorative Issue Dedicated to Professor Ernesto Fattorusso (1937-2012)

Associate Editor
Kaneka Co., Ltd, 5-1-1 Torikai-Nishi, Settsu, Osaka 566-0072 Japan
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Interests: chemical modification of chitin and chitosan and their biomedical applications; biodegradable polymer; bio-based polymer
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals Special Issue in Materials: Chitins
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Chitins
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Advances in Marine Chitin and Chitosan
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Chitins 2015
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Advances in Marine Chitin and Chitosan II, 2017
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Chitins 2016
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Marine Biodegradable Polymers
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Marine Chitin
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Chitins 2018

Associate Editor
College of Sciences, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 79249, USA
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Interests: mechanism of formation and physiological consequences of the cytopathology of Alzheimer disease; the mechanism for RNA-based redox metal binding; the consequences of RNA oxidation on protein synthesis rate and fidelity; the role of redox active metals in mediating prooxidant and antioxidant properties; the signal transduction pathways altered in Alzheimer disease that allow neurons to evade apoptosis; mechanism of phosphorylation control of oxidative damage to neurofilament proteins
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Marine Compounds and Their Application in Neurological Disorders

Associate Editor
School of Science, Education and Engineering, Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, Queensland 4558, Australia
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Interests: microbial diversity; microbial systematics; ecophysiology of microorganisms; functional diversity of microorganisms; microbial ecosystems
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Bioactive Compounds from Marine Microorganisms
Special Issue in Diversity: Genetic and Functional Diversity of Microorganisms
Special Issue in Diversity: Diversity of Marine Invertebrate and Seaweed Symbiotic Bacteria
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Marine Natural Products from Symbiotic Ecosystems
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Marine Natural Products and Their Translational Applications in Medicine

Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI), University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia
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Interests: acetylcholine nicotinic receptors; voltage-gated ion channels; venom peptides; conotoxins; structure-function relationship; electrophysiology; nociception
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Conotoxins

1. School of Chemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4001, South Africa
2. Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Barcelona, 08028-Barcelona, Spain
Tel. +27 614 009 144; Fax: +34 93 403 71 26
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Interests: solid-phase chemistry; combinatorial chemistry; drug delivery systems; peptides; peptide drug conjugates; orthogonal chemistry; drug discovery; biomaterials
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Molecules: Solid Phase Synthesis
Special Issue in Molecules: Chemical Protein and Peptide Synthesis
Special Issue in Molecules: Combinatorial Synthesis
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Selected Papers from the 14th International Symposium on Marine Natural Products
Special Issue in Molecules: Organic Synthesis on Solid Phase
Special Issue in Molecules: Peptide Therapeutics
Special Issue in Methods and Protocols: Feature Papers

Dept of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutic Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Barcelona Science Park, Baldiri Reixac 10-12, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Fax: +34 93 403 71 26
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Interests: marine natural products; bioactive natural products; alkaloids; synthesis; heterocycles
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Marine Alkaloids
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Bioactive Marine Natural Compounds with Heterocyclic Motifs in their Structure

Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, California Northstate University, 9700 W. Taron Dr., Elk Grove, CA 95757, USA
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Interests: acetylcholine nicotinic receptors; structure-function relationship; noncompetitive antagonists; localization of binding sites; fluorescence spectroscopy; equilibrium binding
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Marine Drugs and Ion Channels

College of Pharmacy, University of Nantes, Nantes, France
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Interests: marine lipids with biological activity and with interest in human health and nutrition; bioactive glycolipids; fatty acid and sterol compositions; marine sources of polyunsaturated fatty acids; analytical methods in structure determination and lipidomics
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Marine Lipids
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Marine Lipids with Biological Interest

Centre for Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University, 75 Pigdons Road, Geelong, VIC 3216, Australia
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Interests: marine bioactives; lipases; omega-3; nanomaterials; graphene; biotechnology
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Marine Functional Food
Special Issue in Molecules: Lipases and Lipases Modification
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Marine Natural Product Studies in Australia

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Utah, 30 S. 2000 E., Salt Lake City, UT 94112-5820, USA
Tel. USA 801 581 4547; Fax: +1 801 585 5111
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Interests: anti-bacterial; anti-viral; anti-parasitic and anti-cancer pharmacology of marine natural products; biochemical and biological properties of pyridoacridines

Marine Ecology Research Centre, Southern Cross University, PO Box 157, Military Road, Lismore NSW 2480, Australia
Tel. 61 2 6620 3755; Fax: +61 2 66212669
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Interests: bioactive compounds from marine molluscs; marine pigments and dyes; molluscan immune systems
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Topical Collection in Marine Drugs: Bioactive Compounds from Marine Invertebrates

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University (FIU), 354/332 Marine Science, Biscayne Bay Campus, 3000 NE 151st St., North Miami, FL 33181, USA
Tel. 3059194569; Fax: +1 305 919 4030
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Interests: cyanobacteria; toxins; bioactive compounds; zebrafish embryo model; natural products
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Toxins: Algal Toxins
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Algal Toxins
Special Issue in Toxins: Cyanotoxins

Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, PB 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
Tel. +64 21 351 688; Fax: +64 33 642 110
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Interests: marine natural products; bioactive natural products; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy