Discovery, Synthesis and Utilization of Marine Natural Products and Their Privileged Scaffold
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2024) | Viewed by 280
Special Issue Editors
Interests: marine natural products; organic systhesis and medicinal chemistry; drug discovery and development; molecular target drug design
Interests: marine natural products; isolation and structural confirmation; bioactivity; lead compounds; marine fungi
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Dear Colleagues,
Despite the increase in the number of marine natural products (MNPs) discovered in the last decades, their limited quantities have hindered the drug development process. The organic synthesis and biosynthesis of MNPs are as important as discovering novel secondary metabolites. Additionally, the smart utilization of privileged scaffolds of MNPs is also an efficient way to develop lead compounds.
The focus of this Special Issue will be to highlight the diverse means of obtaining sufficient marine natural products, including different cultural methods to generate novel MNPs, total synthesis/biosynthesis of MNPs, and utilization of their privileged scaffolds.
The biological evaluations and mechanism studies of MNPs as well as their derivatives are also welcome.
This Special Issue invites academic and industrial scientists to submit reviews and original and conceptual research articles highlighting the discovery, synthesis and utilization of marine natural products and their privileged scaffolds.
Prof. Dr. Zhiqing Liu
Prof. Dr. Chang-Yun Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- discovery of marine natural products
- total synthesis of MNPs
- structural optimization
- privileged scaffolds
- biological and mechanism study
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