Marine Natural Products as Anticancer Agents, 5th Edition
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Pharmacology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 February 2026 | Viewed by 111
Special Issue Editors
Interests: marine natural products; biotechnological applications; pharmaceutical applications; signal transduction; anticancer activities; compounds isolation; anti-inflammatory activity; neuroprotective activity
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Interests: oncology; signal transduction; cell death; inflammation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Based on the success of the Special Issue “Marine Natural Products as Anticancer Agents, 4th Edition” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/marinedrugs/special_issues/RG72A5PNE8), as well as the critical relevance of this topic, we are pleased to announce the fifth edition of this Special Issue.
This Special Issue will focus on marine organisms that produce compounds with unique chemical structures, which can be used for cancer drug discovery. The manuscripts accepted for this Special Issue will provide in-depth mechanistic insights into the molecular and cellular biology of cancer cells.
Indeed, marine compounds have mechanisms of action that are potentially different from those of drugs derived from terrestrial sources, making them highly valuable in overcoming drug resistance and targeting both solid tumors and hematological malignancies with greater precision. Topics of interest in the development of anticancer therapeutics include recent developments in biotechnology that have created new opportunities for sustainable sourcing of marine-derived compounds, enabling scalable production for use in drug development. Altogether, the exploration and sustainable utilization of marine resources continue to be a promising area in the quest for new therapies to fight cancer.
We therefore invite academic and industry scientists to submit reviews and original and/or conceptual research articles regarding the anticancer activities of known, novel, or derived natural marine compounds, emphasizing the diversity of molecular targets and mechanistic effects. We look forward to the fifth edition of this Special Issue addressing marine compounds and cancer.
Dr. Celso Alves
Prof. Dr. Marc Diederich
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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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.
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Keywords
- anticancer
- anti-tumor
- immune
- molecular targets
- co-cultures
- 3D culture models
- marine natural products
- receptors
- proteins
- molecular modeling
- chemical synthesis
- immune-modulatory
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- Marine Natural Products as Anticancer Agents, 4th Edition in Marine Drugs (10 articles)
- Marine Natural Products as Anticancer Agents in Marine Drugs (10 articles)
- Marine Natural Products as Anticancer Agents 2.0 in Marine Drugs (12 articles)
- Marine Natural Products as Anticancer Agents 3.0 in Marine Drugs (12 articles)
