Development and Application of Natural Compounds
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomaterials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 5111
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Interests: oral biology; oral oncology; microbiology; microRNAs; natural compounds application
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Dear Colleagues,
Natural materials are used in such aspects of daily life as food, clothing, housing, and transportation. Due to the advancement of modern biochemical technology, many natural compounds with biologically active functions have been isolated and identified from foods, drinks, herbs, and microbes. Examples of such compounds are chitin, collagen, glucosamine, curcumin, hinokitiol, hyaluronic acid, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), luciferase, and melatonin. The biological activities of these natural compounds include antimicrobial, antitumor, antioxidation, and anti-inflammatory activities; the promotion of whitening or moisturizing; and the emission of fluorescence or luminescence. The combination of natural compounds and materials can increase the functionality of the materials, which can be used in textile fibers, anti-counterfeiting of boutique labels, pharmaceutical development, cosmetics, food additives, detection reagents, dental materials, cardiovascular stents, health care products, 3D printing inks, etc. For this Special Issue, we invite the submission of manuscripts focused on, but not limited to, original natural compounds, modified or nanonized natural compounds; and natural compounds combined with drug delivery, applications, and working mechanisms in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, food science, cosmetics, tissue engineering, life science, etc.
Prof. Tzong-Ming Shieh
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biomaterials
- natural compounds
- nutraceutical
- inflammation
- 3D printing inks
- antioxidant activity
- bioactivity
- chemotherapy and chemoprevention
- food additives
- bio-detection
- cosmetics
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