Marine Compounds as Inhibitors
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Chemoecology for Drug Discovery".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 December 2025 | Viewed by 20
Special Issue Editor
Interests: agar-HiTES; structural elucidation; NMR; marine fungi
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Despite significant progress in drug discovery and development over recent decades, there remains a critical need for innovative therapeutic agents targeting a wide range of diseases, including cancer, infectious diseases, inflammatory disorders, and metabolic syndromes. One promising and underexploited source of bioactive compounds is the marine environment. Marine natural products have demonstrated unique and unprecedented chemical scaffolds that are rarely found in terrestrial sources, offering valuable templates for the development of novel inhibitors.
This Special Issue will focus on showcasing the diversity and potential of marine natural products as inhibitors against a broad spectrum of biological targets. We particularly welcome studies that report new chemical scaffolds or uncover previously unknown biological activities from known marine compounds. Given the growing interest in compounds with immunomodulatory functions, we also invite studies on marine inhibitors that modulate immune responses, including their application alongside immune checkpoint inhibitors or other immunotherapies.
For this Special Issue, we invite academic and industry researchers to submit original research articles, reviews, and short communications addressing the biological activities, target selectivity, chemical diversity, and potential therapeutic applications of marine-derived inhibitors.
Dr. Seoung Rak Lee
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Marine Drugs is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2900 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- marine natural products
- bioactive compounds
- enzyme inhibition
- anticancer agents
- antimicrobial agents
- immunomodulators
- structure–activity relationship
- inhibitors
Benefits of Publishing in a Special Issue
- Ease of navigation: Grouping papers by topic helps scholars navigate broad scope journals more efficiently.
- Greater discoverability: Special Issues support the reach and impact of scientific research. Articles in Special Issues are more discoverable and cited more frequently.
- Expansion of research network: Special Issues facilitate connections among authors, fostering scientific collaborations.
- External promotion: Articles in Special Issues are often promoted through the journal's social media, increasing their visibility.
- Reprint: MDPI Books provides the opportunity to republish successful Special Issues in book format, both online and in print.
Further information on MDPI's Special Issue policies can be found here.
