Pharmaceutical Formulation of Marine Drugs

Dear Colleagues,

Marine organisms represent an excellent source of innovative compounds, having tremendous potential for the development of new drugs. Intensive exploring of marine organisms led to isolation and identification of thousands of new potent individual compounds. Marine derived compounds (MDC) are exceptionally interesting high-value ingredients for applications in the pharmaceutical industry. However, just a few marine-derived drugs are available in the global market. MDC have been used in pharmaceutical formulations as drug carriers, for coating, film formation, as matrix materials for targeted drug delivery, as a transporter for improving the drugs bioavailability etc.

For this special issue we invite the scientists who work in the development of pharmaceutical formulations from MDC to contribute with research articles, mini reviews and reviews.

Prof. Dr. Alexander N. Shikov
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 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

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.