Researches on Natural Products against Parasites
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Parasitology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 240
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nutrition-Infection; epidemiology; parasitology; microbiology; pharmacology
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Dear Colleagues,
The global distribution of parasitic diseases has a significant impact on human health, affecting one billion people and causing around 500,000 deaths annually. Protozoan infections by different species of Cryptosporidium, Entamoeba spp. Giardia intestinalis, Blastocystis hominis and Trichomonas vaginalis have received insufficient attention; meanwhile, malaria, Chagas disease and African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) are considered the most challenging diseases due to their limited therapeutic options and high mortality rates. Due to the absence of effective vaccines, the limited availability of chemotherapeutics and the developed resistance, the development of novel effective, safe and cost-affordable antiparasitic agents is at a high demand. Natural products such as plant secondary metabolites, including different classes of terpenoids, alkaloids, saponins and phenolics may be potential compounds to treat parasitic infections with some advantages over conventional drugs. In agreement with the literature, natural compounds seem to have both multiple antibacterial mechanisms and structure–function relationships. Hence, their applicability in clinical practice requires a multi-disciplinary approach and coordinated efforts from some science disciplines.
This Special Issue invites our colleagues to provide relevant and novel knowledge about the efficacy, safety and cost-effectiveness of different natural compounds to be regarded in the short term as alternatives to conventional drugs to treat parasitic infections.
Dr. Luis Quihui Cota
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- parasites
- parasitic infections
- protozoa
- helminths
- natural compounds
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