Marine Antiparasitic Agents
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Pharmacology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 13473
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Interests: schistosomiasis; biochemistry; HDACs inhibitors; crystallography; phylogenetics; drug discovery; drug repurposing
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2. Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR/CIMAR), Universidade do Porto, Edifício do Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos s/n, 4050-208 Matosinhos, Portugal
Interests: medicinal chemistry; organic chemistry; chiral bioactive substances; enantioselective studies; chirality; chromatography
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Marine compounds have been demonstrated to exert a wide number of therapeutic effects, and their use has been proposed against tumor, genetic disease, bacteria, viruses and other infectious diseases, as coadjuvants or new drugs. Additionally, a wide number of naturally occurring marine drugs have been demonstrated to exert therapeutic effects against many parasites, affecting both humans and animals. Nevertheless, there is a growing interest in natural extracts used in traditional medicine, which are under consideration as therapeutic agents in the treatment of infectious diseases. We are pleased to announce a Special Issue of Marine Drugs entitled “Marine Antiparasitic Drugs”. This Special Issue has the rather ambitious purpose of collecting a pool of original research and review papers focused on the use of agents from marine sources, displaying a broad or specific antiparasitic activity, with a special interest in those agents which have been obtained with procedures safe for human health and with an eco-friendly footprint. To this aim, there is interest in agents obtained with extractions using naturally occurring solvents such as edible oils, or others coming from natural sources which may be regarded as suitable in view of an economic return for the original country affected by endemic parasitosis, considering that many naturally occurring parasites are found in some of the poorest regions of the world. Marine compounds are also interesting models for molecular modifications and/or total synthesis to obtain more potent compounds, with improved antiparasitic properties and in higher quantity. We also welcome manuscripts describing the synthesis of marine-derived antiparasitic agents. Among parasites, we are especially interested in protozoans and multicellular eukaryotics. Thus, papers accounting for safe and green chemistry, as well as targeted interventions linked to the therapeutic properties of marine agents from autochthonous species against parasites infecting humans and livestock, will be of outstanding interest for this Special Issue.
Dr. Saccoccia Fulvio
Dr. Carla Fernandes
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- antiparasitic
- marine agents
- safe extraction
- green chemistry
- parasites
- helminths
- protozoans
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