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Dr. Thomas J. Schmidt Section Editor-in-Chief Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology and Phytochemistry, University of Münster, Corrensstrasse 48, D-48149 Münster, Germany Tel. +49 251 83 33378 Website \| E-Mail Interests: natural products; anti-parasitic activity; anti-cancer activity; structure elucidation; spectroscopy; computer-aided structure-activity relationship studies Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Topical Collection in Molecules: Natural Products as Leads or Drugs against Neglected Tropical Diseases Special Issue in Molecules: Proceedings of the the 4th Young Researcher Meeting, Münster, March 13-14, 2015 Special Issue in Molecules: COST CM1307: Targeted Chemotherapy towards Diseases Caused by Endoparasites—Proceedings in Medicinal and Natural Product Chemistry Special Issue in Molecules: Special Issue in Honor of Professor Nikolaus (Klaus) Fischer on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday
Prof. Dr. Maurizio Battino ¹Nutrition and Food Science Group, Department of Analytical and Food Chemistry, CITACA, CACTI, University of Vigo - Vigo Campus, Vigo, Spain ²Department of Odontostomatologic and Specialized Clinical Sciences, Sez-Biochimica, Faculty of Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Ranieri 65, 60100 Ancona, Italy Tel. +39 071 2204646; Fax: +39 071 2204398 Website \| E-Mail Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Natural Antioxidants and Ageing Special Issue in Antioxidants: Antioxidants and Periodontal Diseases Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Bioactive Phytochemicals and Functional Food Ingredients in Fruits and Vegetables Special Issue in Molecules: 20th Anniversary of Molecules—Recent Advances in Natural Products Topical Collection in Diseases: Effects of Food Antioxidants on Cardiovascular Diseases and Human Cancers Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Macro- and Micro-nutrient Antioxidants Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Bioactive Phytochemicals and Functional Food Ingredients in Fruits and Vegetables 2016 Special Issue in Nutrients: Antioxidants in Health and Disease Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Bioactive Phytochemicals and Functional Food Ingredients in Fruits and Vegetables 2017 Special Issue in Diseases: Food Bioactive Compounds and their Role in Diseases Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Bioactive Phytochemicals and Functional Food Ingredients in Fruits and Vegetables 2019 Topical Collection in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Feature Papers in Bioactives and Nutraceuticals
Dr. John A. Beutler Molecular Targets Laboratory, Bldg 560-1, Room 11-86, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD 21702-1201, USA Tel. 301-846-1942; Fax: +1 301 846 6177 Website \| E-Mail Interests: natural products; cancer; HIV; plants; molecular targets Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Natural Product Pre-fractionation
Dr. RuAngelie Edrada-Ebel Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, The John Arbuthnott Building, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK Fax: +44 141 552 2562 Website \| E-Mail Interests: natural products; drug discovery; NMR spectroscopy; metabolomics Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Terpenoids of Marine Origin Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Selected Papers from Canadian Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning Symposium Special Issue in Metabolites: Marine Metabolomics Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Selected Papers from the 9th European Conference on Marine Natural Products Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Bioactive Compounds from Marine Sponges
Dr. Bruno Figadere Laboratories of Natural Substances Chemistry (Pharmacognosy), UMR 8076-BioCIS, Faculty of Pharmacy, University Paris-Sud, France Tel. +33 146 83 55 92 Website \| E-Mail Interests: natural substances chemistry; extraction (chromatographies); structural determination (NMR and mass spectrometry); total synthesis (multi-step; methodology in organometallic synthesis and asymmetric synthesis); pharmacomodulation (cytotoxic; antiparasitic; NCS) Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Acetogenins: Extraction, Synthesis and Biological Properties
Dr. Peter Karuso Department of Chemistry & Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia Tel. +612 9850 8290; Fax: +61 2 9850 8313 Website \| E-Mail Interests: natural products; chemical biology; chemical proteomics; fluorescence
Prof. Dr. Erkki Kolehmainen Department of Chemistry, University of Jyväskylä, P. O. Box 35, FI-40014, Jyväskylä, Finland Tel. +358 40 805 3695; Fax: +358 14 260 2501 Website \| E-Mail Interests: structural chemistry; bile acid chemistry Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Bile Acids Special Issue in Molecules: Steroids
Prof. Dr. Norbert Latruffe Université de Bourgogne, 21000 Dijon, France Website \| E-Mail Interests: bio-active polyphenols; resveratrol; inflammation; bio-availability; cancer; pathologies prevention Norbert Latruffe obtained his PhD 1977, and has been appointed in 1989 full Professor in Biochemistry at the University of Burgundy-Dijon France, and as head of the Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology to 2006. Then, he was in charge of the team of Biochemistry of Metabolism and Nutrition in the INSERM research center, UMR 866 of Dijon until end of 2011. Since 2013 he is senior Professor at the laboratory of Biochemistry at the faculty of life science. In 1998 he launched a new challenge on the preventing role of vine polyphenols especially resveratrol, against age-related pathologies: cancer, inflammation cardiovascular. He was one of the first to explore resveratrol transport and metabolism (2004), its pro-apoptotic properties (2004), discovered a new resveratrol signalling pathway through micro RNA’s modulation (2010). In 2014 he showed a preventive effect of wine polyphenols towards colon cancer in mice model. He organized several and workshop on wine and health. Recently he served as editor or co-editor of «Molecules» two special issues: Natural products and inflammation (2016) and Improvement of resveratrol efficacy (2017). To date, he published near 170 international papers and has given more than invited 140 lectures. In 2017 he conducted the edition of a book deal on wine and mediterranean diet (EUD editor, Dijon). N. Latruffe is (or past) expert of several evaluation councils and is member of the orientation council of the prestigious UNESCO Chair «heritage and traditions of wine ». He also awarded several distinctions. Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Natural Products and Inflammation Special Issue in Molecules: Improvements for Resveratrol Efficacy Special Issue in Diseases: Wine and Vine Components and Health
Prof. Dr. Declan P. Naughton School of Life Science, Pharmacy and Chemistry, FACULTY OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING & COMPUTING, Kingston University London, Penrhyn Rd, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 2EE, UK Website \| E-Mail Interests: inflammation; infection; oxidative stress; nutrition; toxicology; food safety; functional foods; natural products; anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory agents and mechanisms; bioinorganic chemistry; drug delivery Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Polyphenols and Antioxidants–The Chemistry of Tea Special Issue in Molecules: Tea Chemistry
Dr. W. David Nes Horn Professor of Biochemistry and Chair of Biochemistry Division, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX, 79401, USA Tel. cell- 806=742=1673 E-Mail
Dr. Ifedayo Victor Ogungbe Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: natural products chemistry and chemical biology; lead discovery and target identification; chemical proteomics and protein dynamics; metabolomics
Dr. Guy L. Plourde University of Northern British Columbia, Department of Chemistry, 3333 University Way, Prince George, British Columbia, V2N 4Z9, Canada Tel. 250-960-6694; Fax: +1 250 960 5845 E-Mail Interests: spiroannulation; asymmetric methods; spirocompounds; natural products; manumycins Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Spiro Compounds Special Issue in Molecules: Advances in Heteroaromatic Chemistry
Prof. Dr. Pascal Richomme SONAS/SFR QUASAV-UFR Sciences Pharmaceutiques, 16 Bd Daviers, F-49100 Angers, France Website \| E-Mail Interests: natural products; (hemi)synthesis; biological screening Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Coumarins and Xanthones Special Issue in Molecules: Coumarins, Xanthones and Related Compounds
Prof. Dr. Vassilios Roussis Department of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Products, Faculty of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis Zografou, GR 15771, Athens, Greece Tel. +30210 7274 592; Fax: +30 210 7274 592 E-Mail Interests: marine natural products; chemotaxonomy; chemical ecology Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Triterpenes and Triterpenoids 2013 Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Bioactive Halogenated Metabolites of Marine Origin Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Bioactivity of Marine Natural Products Topical Collection in Molecules: Triterpenes and Triterpenoids Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Biotransformations Utilizing Marine/Marine-Derived Bacteria and Fungi Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Terpenoids from Marine Organisms
Prof. Dr. Celestino Santos-Buelga Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Salamanca, Campus Miguel de Unamuno s/n, 37007 Salamanca, Spain Website \| E-Mail Interests: health implications of dietary flavonoids; bioavailability, metabolites and biological activity in humans; stability and reactions of anthocyanins and flavanols and their derived pigments; influence on the definition and stability of colour in food and beverages Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Flavonoids: From Structure to Health Issues
Dr. Jandirk Sendker Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Munster, Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology and Phytochemistry, Munster, Germany Website \| E-Mail Interests: natural products; mass spectrometry; structure elucidation; senescence; traditional chinese medicine; cyanogenic glycosides; multivariate statistics
Prof. Dr. Eduardo Sobarzo-Sánchez Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and Instituto de Investigación e Innovación en Salud, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Central de Chile, Chile Tel. +34 8818 14887; Fax: +34 981 59 49 12 Website \| E-Mail Interests: medicinal chemistry; natural products; photochemistry reactivity; aporphine and oxoaporphine; oxoisoaporphine; coumarins Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Aporphines and Oxoaporphines Special Issue in Molecules: Aporphines and Their Oxidized Derivatives: Synthesis and Pharmacological Behavior Special Issue in Molecules: Supramolecular Devices from Cyclodextrin: Synthesis and Pharmacological Applications Special Issue in Molecules: Natural Products for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Prof. Dr. Kira J. Weissman Molecular and Structural Enzymology Group, UMR 7365 CNRS-UL : IMoPA, Lorraine University, Faculté de médecine, Batiment Biopôle, 9 avenue de la Forêt de Haye, CS 50184, 54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy CEDEX, France Website \| E-Mail Interests: molecular enzymology; structural biology and genetic engineering of polyketide synthases (PKS) and hybrid PKS-nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPS) Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Polyketides Special Issue in Molecules: Polyketides-II
Prof. Dr. Yang-Chang Wu Chair Professor & Vice President, China Medical University, Taichung, 404, Taiwan Tel. +886-4-22057153; Fax: +886-4-22060248 E-Mail Interests: natural product medicinal chemistry; bioactive compounds
Prof. Dr. Christian Zidorn Pharmaceutical Institute, Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany Website \| E-Mail Interests: natural products; chemosystematics; chemical ecology; botany
Prof. Dr. Philippe Jeandet Research Unit Induced Resistance and Plant Bioprotection, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, Faculty of Sciences, University of Reims, PO Box. 1039, 51687 Reims cedex 02, France Tel. + 333 26 91 33 41 Website \| E-Mail Interests: plant defense mechanisms and phytoalexins; particularly study of the grapevine (Vitis spp.) phytoalexins (resveratrol and derivatives): chemical synthesis; biosynthesis; chemical analyses; phytoalexin metabolism by Botrytis cinerea; bioproduction by plant cell suspension systems; antifungal activity and molecular engineering of resveratrol in plants and microbial cells Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Phytoalexins: Current Progress and Future Prospects Special Issue in Molecules: Structure, Chemical Analysis, Biosynthesis, Metabolism, Molecular Engineering and Biological Functions of Phytoalexins Special Issue in Beverages: Wine Metabolomics and Proteomics Topical Collection in Molecules: Phytoalexins: Fundamental Aspects and Applications
Prof. Dr. Anake Kijjoa Departamento de Química, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar and CIIMAR, Universidade do Porto, Rua Jorge de Viterbo Ferreira, nº228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal Tel. +351-222062288 Website \| E-Mail Interests: antibacterial compounds from higher plants, marine invertebrates, soil and marine-derived fungi, cosmetic ingredients from marine resources, natural biopesticides Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Selected Papers from the 6th International Conference on Natural Products for Health and Beauty (NATPRO 6) Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Marine Products for Health and Beauty Special Issue in Molecules: Selected Papers from the Joint Symposia of MESMAP-5 & ISPBS-5
Prof. Dr. Dale G. Nagle Department of BioMolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA Tel. +1 662 915 7143; Fax: +1 662 915 5638 Website \| E-Mail Interests: natural product antitumor agent pharmacology; anti-metastatic drug discovery; tumor cell metabolism regulators; bioactive cyanobacteria metabolites Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Marine Drugs as Antitumour Agents 2017
Assoc. Prof. David Barker School of Chemical Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand Website \| E-Mail Interests: natural product total synthesis; medicinal chemistry; asymmetric synthesis; lignans; polymeric materials; anti-cancer treatments; synthesis from biowaste-derived materials; isotopically labelled materials Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Lignans
Dr. Sylvia Colliec-Jouault Ifremer, Laboratoire Ecosystèmes Microbiens et Molécules Marines pour les Biotechnologies EM3B, 44311 Nantes, France Website \| E-Mail Interests: isolation of marine polysaccharides from a diverse marine biomass (algae, microalgae, bacteria, etc), design of “Glycosaminoglycan-mimetics”, development of biotechnological and pharmaceutical products Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Microorganisms: Marine-Derived Exopolysaccharides to Mimic Glycosaminoglycans Special Issue in Molecules: Isolation of Marine Polysaccharides for Industrial and Biomedical Applications
Dr. Rob Keyzers 1. School of Chemical & Physical Sciences, and Center For Biodiscovery, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 6012, New Zealand 2. Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, Auckland, New Zealand Tel. +64 4 4635117 Website 1 \| Website 2 \| E-Mail Interests: Identification of novel; biologically active marine natural products; metabolomics of marine organisms; chemical ecology; spectroscopic identification of complex molecules Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Bioassay-Guided Isolation of Marine Natural Products for Drug Discovery
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ilias National Center for Natural Products Research, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Thad Cochran Research Center, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: isolation and structure elucidation of antiinfective; anticancer; chemopreventive; neuroprotective and agrochemical constituents from plants and their use in human and plant health Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Isolation and Structure Elucidation of Bioactive Compounds (Dedicated to the memory of the late Professor Charles D. Hufford)
Prof. Dr. Mario A. Monteiro Department of Chemistry, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada Tel. +1-519-824-4120; Fax: +1-519-766-1499 Website \| E-Mail Interests: Polysaccharides; Conjugates; Carbohydrates; Lipopolysaccharides; Vaccines; Capsules
Prof. Dr. M. Soledade C. Pedras Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C9, Canada Website 1 \| Website 2 \| E-Mail Interests: natural products chemistry; phytoalexins; phytoanticipins; design and synthesis of paldoxins; biosynthesis and metabolism of bioactive metabolites; chemical synthesis of bioactive compounds
Prof. Dr. Tsutomu Hatano Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Tsushima, Okayama 700-8530, Japan Tel. +81-86-251-7936; Fax: +81-86-251-7926 Website \| E-Mail Interests: Natural product chemistry; Spectroscopic methods for structural analysis; Antibacterial effects of natural products Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Special Issue Dedicated to Late Professor Takuo Okuda, “Tannins and Related Polyphenols Revisited: Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biological Activities”
Prof. Maria Carla Marcotullio Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Via del Liceo, 1-06123 Perugia, Italy Website \| E-Mail Interests: plant extract analysis; bioactive natural compounds; natural product isolation and characterization; NMR spectroscopy Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Bioactive Natural Products 2018 Topical Collection in Molecules: Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Bioactive Natural Products
Dr. Manuel V. Simões LEPABE, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal Website \| E-Mail Interests: antimicrobial agents; emerging antimicrobial strategies; antimicrobial resistance; biofilms Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Biofilm Control
Prof. Dr. Ericsson Coy-Barrera Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas y Aplicadas, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Campus Nueva Granada, Cajicá 49300, Colombia Website \| E-Mail Interests: natural product chemistry (isolation and structure elucidation); secondary metabolism; metabolic profiling; molecular modelling; docking and dynamics; bioorganic and medicinal chemistry; anti-parasitic, anti-cancer, anti-fungal and anti-inflammatory bioactive compounds Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Combinatorial, Computational and High Throughput Screening for Bioactive/Lead Finding from Nature/Synthesis
Dr. Valeria Patricia Sülsen Cátedra de Farmacognosia, Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires Instituto de Química y Metabolismo del Fármaco (IQUIMEFA) (UBA- CONICET), Junín 956, 1113 Buenos Aires, República Argentina Tel. (54) -11-52874272 Website \| E-Mail Interests: natural products; sesquiterpene lactones; diterpenes; flavonoids; Asteraceae; antiparasitic activity; antitumor activity; semi-synthetic derivatives Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Drug Discovery for Neglected Diseases
Prof. Dr. Josphat Matasyoh Egerton University, Egerton, Kenya Website \| E-Mail Interests: Isolation of antimicrobial, mosquito larvicidal, insecticidal, acaricidal and anthelmintic secondary metabolites from tropical fungi, plants and their endophytic microbes
Prof. Dr. Cesar M. Compadre Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences,4301 W. Markham, 522-3 Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA Tel. (501)686-6493 & (501)993-4972; Fax: (501)686-6057 Website 1 \| Website 2 \| E-Mail Interests: natural product chemistry; molecular modeling computer aided; structure-activity relationship; anti-cancer compounds radiationprotection radiationmitigation; antioxidants Dr. Compadre has extensive research experience on the development of bioactive compounds from natural sources and on the use of molecular modeling in drug design and structure-activity studies. Dr. Compadre has over 150 publications and patents related to the development of bioactive compounds, including an FDA approved antimicrobial technology. Dr. Compadre has a BSPharm degree, and obtained his Ph.D. degree in medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy, from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He conducted postdoctoral research on structure-activity relationships studies using molecular modeling at the University of Illinois and at Pomona College working with Professor Corwin Hansch. Additionally, he had a sabbatical experience at NASA Ames Research Center in computer modeling. At the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences he directs the Laboratory for the Study of Medicinal Plants and also directs the molecular modeling facility. He has extensive research collaborations with many scientists locally, nationally and internationally
Dr. Harinantenaina Liva Rakotondraibe Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States Website \| E-Mail Interests: natural products; structure elucidation; anticancer; antimalarial; antibacterial; vector control; new natural product sources; endophytes; lichens and mycobionts; soil and marine microbes Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Plant Associated Microbes as Source of New Pharmacophores and Bioactive Compounds
Prof. Dr. Satyajit Sarker School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Science, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK Website \| E-Mail Interests: phytochemistry; phytomedicine; phytotherapy; natuaral products synthesis; structure elucidation; NMR, HPLC, chromatography; bioassay Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Medicines: Essential Oils: Chemistry and Bioactivity
Dr. Gerold Jerz Technische-Universität Braunschweig, Institute of Food Chemistry, Schleinitzstrasse 20, 38124 Braunschweig - Germany Website \| E-Mail Interests: analytical and preparative countercurrent chromatography; metabolite profiling by mass spectrometry; acetylenic natural products; flavonoids; betalain pigments; tropical fruits and medicinal plants; propolis

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Dr. Thomas J. Schmidt Section Editor-in-Chief Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology and Phytochemistry, University of Münster, Corrensstrasse 48, D-48149 Münster, Germany Tel. +49 251 83 33378 Website \| E-Mail Interests: natural products; anti-parasitic activity; anti-cancer activity; structure elucidation; spectroscopy; computer-aided structure-activity relationship studies Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Topical Collection in Molecules: Natural Products as Leads or Drugs against Neglected Tropical Diseases Special Issue in Molecules: Proceedings of the the 4th Young Researcher Meeting, Münster, March 13-14, 2015 Special Issue in Molecules: COST CM1307: Targeted Chemotherapy towards Diseases Caused by Endoparasites—Proceedings in Medicinal and Natural Product Chemistry Special Issue in Molecules: Special Issue in Honor of Professor Nikolaus (Klaus) Fischer on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday
Prof. Dr. Maurizio Battino ¹Nutrition and Food Science Group, Department of Analytical and Food Chemistry, CITACA, CACTI, University of Vigo - Vigo Campus, Vigo, Spain ²Department of Odontostomatologic and Specialized Clinical Sciences, Sez-Biochimica, Faculty of Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Ranieri 65, 60100 Ancona, Italy Tel. +39 071 2204646; Fax: +39 071 2204398 Website \| E-Mail Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Natural Antioxidants and Ageing Special Issue in Antioxidants: Antioxidants and Periodontal Diseases Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Bioactive Phytochemicals and Functional Food Ingredients in Fruits and Vegetables Special Issue in Molecules: 20th Anniversary of Molecules—Recent Advances in Natural Products Topical Collection in Diseases: Effects of Food Antioxidants on Cardiovascular Diseases and Human Cancers Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Macro- and Micro-nutrient Antioxidants Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Bioactive Phytochemicals and Functional Food Ingredients in Fruits and Vegetables 2016 Special Issue in Nutrients: Antioxidants in Health and Disease Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Bioactive Phytochemicals and Functional Food Ingredients in Fruits and Vegetables 2017 Special Issue in Diseases: Food Bioactive Compounds and their Role in Diseases Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Bioactive Phytochemicals and Functional Food Ingredients in Fruits and Vegetables 2019 Topical Collection in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Feature Papers in Bioactives and Nutraceuticals
Dr. John A. Beutler Molecular Targets Laboratory, Bldg 560-1, Room 11-86, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD 21702-1201, USA Tel. 301-846-1942; Fax: +1 301 846 6177 Website \| E-Mail Interests: natural products; cancer; HIV; plants; molecular targets Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Natural Product Pre-fractionation
Dr. RuAngelie Edrada-Ebel Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, The John Arbuthnott Building, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK Fax: +44 141 552 2562 Website \| E-Mail Interests: natural products; drug discovery; NMR spectroscopy; metabolomics Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Terpenoids of Marine Origin Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Selected Papers from Canadian Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning Symposium Special Issue in Metabolites: Marine Metabolomics Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Selected Papers from the 9th European Conference on Marine Natural Products Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Bioactive Compounds from Marine Sponges
Dr. Bruno Figadere Laboratories of Natural Substances Chemistry (Pharmacognosy), UMR 8076-BioCIS, Faculty of Pharmacy, University Paris-Sud, France Tel. +33 146 83 55 92 Website \| E-Mail Interests: natural substances chemistry; extraction (chromatographies); structural determination (NMR and mass spectrometry); total synthesis (multi-step; methodology in organometallic synthesis and asymmetric synthesis); pharmacomodulation (cytotoxic; antiparasitic; NCS) Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Acetogenins: Extraction, Synthesis and Biological Properties
Dr. Peter Karuso Department of Chemistry & Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia Tel. +612 9850 8290; Fax: +61 2 9850 8313 Website \| E-Mail Interests: natural products; chemical biology; chemical proteomics; fluorescence
Prof. Dr. Erkki Kolehmainen Department of Chemistry, University of Jyväskylä, P. O. Box 35, FI-40014, Jyväskylä, Finland Tel. +358 40 805 3695; Fax: +358 14 260 2501 Website \| E-Mail Interests: structural chemistry; bile acid chemistry Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Bile Acids Special Issue in Molecules: Steroids
Prof. Dr. Norbert Latruffe Université de Bourgogne, 21000 Dijon, France Website \| E-Mail Interests: bio-active polyphenols; resveratrol; inflammation; bio-availability; cancer; pathologies prevention Norbert Latruffe obtained his PhD 1977, and has been appointed in 1989 full Professor in Biochemistry at the University of Burgundy-Dijon France, and as head of the Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology to 2006. Then, he was in charge of the team of Biochemistry of Metabolism and Nutrition in the INSERM research center, UMR 866 of Dijon until end of 2011. Since 2013 he is senior Professor at the laboratory of Biochemistry at the faculty of life science. In 1998 he launched a new challenge on the preventing role of vine polyphenols especially resveratrol, against age-related pathologies: cancer, inflammation cardiovascular. He was one of the first to explore resveratrol transport and metabolism (2004), its pro-apoptotic properties (2004), discovered a new resveratrol signalling pathway through micro RNA’s modulation (2010). In 2014 he showed a preventive effect of wine polyphenols towards colon cancer in mice model. He organized several and workshop on wine and health. Recently he served as editor or co-editor of «Molecules» two special issues: Natural products and inflammation (2016) and Improvement of resveratrol efficacy (2017). To date, he published near 170 international papers and has given more than invited 140 lectures. In 2017 he conducted the edition of a book deal on wine and mediterranean diet (EUD editor, Dijon). N. Latruffe is (or past) expert of several evaluation councils and is member of the orientation council of the prestigious UNESCO Chair «heritage and traditions of wine ». He also awarded several distinctions. Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Natural Products and Inflammation Special Issue in Molecules: Improvements for Resveratrol Efficacy Special Issue in Diseases: Wine and Vine Components and Health
Prof. Dr. Declan P. Naughton School of Life Science, Pharmacy and Chemistry, FACULTY OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING & COMPUTING, Kingston University London, Penrhyn Rd, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 2EE, UK Website \| E-Mail Interests: inflammation; infection; oxidative stress; nutrition; toxicology; food safety; functional foods; natural products; anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory agents and mechanisms; bioinorganic chemistry; drug delivery Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Polyphenols and Antioxidants–The Chemistry of Tea Special Issue in Molecules: Tea Chemistry
Dr. W. David Nes Horn Professor of Biochemistry and Chair of Biochemistry Division, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX, 79401, USA Tel. cell- 806=742=1673 E-Mail
Dr. Ifedayo Victor Ogungbe Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: natural products chemistry and chemical biology; lead discovery and target identification; chemical proteomics and protein dynamics; metabolomics
Dr. Guy L. Plourde University of Northern British Columbia, Department of Chemistry, 3333 University Way, Prince George, British Columbia, V2N 4Z9, Canada Tel. 250-960-6694; Fax: +1 250 960 5845 E-Mail Interests: spiroannulation; asymmetric methods; spirocompounds; natural products; manumycins Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Spiro Compounds Special Issue in Molecules: Advances in Heteroaromatic Chemistry
Prof. Dr. Pascal Richomme SONAS/SFR QUASAV-UFR Sciences Pharmaceutiques, 16 Bd Daviers, F-49100 Angers, France Website \| E-Mail Interests: natural products; (hemi)synthesis; biological screening Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Coumarins and Xanthones Special Issue in Molecules: Coumarins, Xanthones and Related Compounds
Prof. Dr. Vassilios Roussis Department of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Products, Faculty of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis Zografou, GR 15771, Athens, Greece Tel. +30210 7274 592; Fax: +30 210 7274 592 E-Mail Interests: marine natural products; chemotaxonomy; chemical ecology Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Triterpenes and Triterpenoids 2013 Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Bioactive Halogenated Metabolites of Marine Origin Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Bioactivity of Marine Natural Products Topical Collection in Molecules: Triterpenes and Triterpenoids Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Biotransformations Utilizing Marine/Marine-Derived Bacteria and Fungi Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Terpenoids from Marine Organisms
Prof. Dr. Celestino Santos-Buelga Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Salamanca, Campus Miguel de Unamuno s/n, 37007 Salamanca, Spain Website \| E-Mail Interests: health implications of dietary flavonoids; bioavailability, metabolites and biological activity in humans; stability and reactions of anthocyanins and flavanols and their derived pigments; influence on the definition and stability of colour in food and beverages Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Flavonoids: From Structure to Health Issues
Dr. Jandirk Sendker Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Munster, Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology and Phytochemistry, Munster, Germany Website \| E-Mail Interests: natural products; mass spectrometry; structure elucidation; senescence; traditional chinese medicine; cyanogenic glycosides; multivariate statistics
Prof. Dr. Eduardo Sobarzo-Sánchez Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and Instituto de Investigación e Innovación en Salud, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Central de Chile, Chile Tel. +34 8818 14887; Fax: +34 981 59 49 12 Website \| E-Mail Interests: medicinal chemistry; natural products; photochemistry reactivity; aporphine and oxoaporphine; oxoisoaporphine; coumarins Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Aporphines and Oxoaporphines Special Issue in Molecules: Aporphines and Their Oxidized Derivatives: Synthesis and Pharmacological Behavior Special Issue in Molecules: Supramolecular Devices from Cyclodextrin: Synthesis and Pharmacological Applications Special Issue in Molecules: Natural Products for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Prof. Dr. Kira J. Weissman Molecular and Structural Enzymology Group, UMR 7365 CNRS-UL : IMoPA, Lorraine University, Faculté de médecine, Batiment Biopôle, 9 avenue de la Forêt de Haye, CS 50184, 54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy CEDEX, France Website \| E-Mail Interests: molecular enzymology; structural biology and genetic engineering of polyketide synthases (PKS) and hybrid PKS-nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPS) Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Polyketides Special Issue in Molecules: Polyketides-II
Prof. Dr. Yang-Chang Wu Chair Professor & Vice President, China Medical University, Taichung, 404, Taiwan Tel. +886-4-22057153; Fax: +886-4-22060248 E-Mail Interests: natural product medicinal chemistry; bioactive compounds
Prof. Dr. Christian Zidorn Pharmaceutical Institute, Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany Website \| E-Mail Interests: natural products; chemosystematics; chemical ecology; botany
Prof. Dr. Philippe Jeandet Research Unit Induced Resistance and Plant Bioprotection, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, Faculty of Sciences, University of Reims, PO Box. 1039, 51687 Reims cedex 02, France Tel. + 333 26 91 33 41 Website \| E-Mail Interests: plant defense mechanisms and phytoalexins; particularly study of the grapevine (Vitis spp.) phytoalexins (resveratrol and derivatives): chemical synthesis; biosynthesis; chemical analyses; phytoalexin metabolism by Botrytis cinerea; bioproduction by plant cell suspension systems; antifungal activity and molecular engineering of resveratrol in plants and microbial cells Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Phytoalexins: Current Progress and Future Prospects Special Issue in Molecules: Structure, Chemical Analysis, Biosynthesis, Metabolism, Molecular Engineering and Biological Functions of Phytoalexins Special Issue in Beverages: Wine Metabolomics and Proteomics Topical Collection in Molecules: Phytoalexins: Fundamental Aspects and Applications
Prof. Dr. Anake Kijjoa Departamento de Química, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar and CIIMAR, Universidade do Porto, Rua Jorge de Viterbo Ferreira, nº228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal Tel. +351-222062288 Website \| E-Mail Interests: antibacterial compounds from higher plants, marine invertebrates, soil and marine-derived fungi, cosmetic ingredients from marine resources, natural biopesticides Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Selected Papers from the 6th International Conference on Natural Products for Health and Beauty (NATPRO 6) Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Marine Products for Health and Beauty Special Issue in Molecules: Selected Papers from the Joint Symposia of MESMAP-5 & ISPBS-5
Prof. Dr. Dale G. Nagle Department of BioMolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA Tel. +1 662 915 7143; Fax: +1 662 915 5638 Website \| E-Mail Interests: natural product antitumor agent pharmacology; anti-metastatic drug discovery; tumor cell metabolism regulators; bioactive cyanobacteria metabolites Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Marine Drugs as Antitumour Agents 2017
Assoc. Prof. David Barker School of Chemical Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand Website \| E-Mail Interests: natural product total synthesis; medicinal chemistry; asymmetric synthesis; lignans; polymeric materials; anti-cancer treatments; synthesis from biowaste-derived materials; isotopically labelled materials Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Lignans
Dr. Sylvia Colliec-Jouault Ifremer, Laboratoire Ecosystèmes Microbiens et Molécules Marines pour les Biotechnologies EM3B, 44311 Nantes, France Website \| E-Mail Interests: isolation of marine polysaccharides from a diverse marine biomass (algae, microalgae, bacteria, etc), design of “Glycosaminoglycan-mimetics”, development of biotechnological and pharmaceutical products Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Microorganisms: Marine-Derived Exopolysaccharides to Mimic Glycosaminoglycans Special Issue in Molecules: Isolation of Marine Polysaccharides for Industrial and Biomedical Applications
Dr. Rob Keyzers 1. School of Chemical & Physical Sciences, and Center For Biodiscovery, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 6012, New Zealand 2. Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, Auckland, New Zealand Tel. +64 4 4635117 Website 1 \| Website 2 \| E-Mail Interests: Identification of novel; biologically active marine natural products; metabolomics of marine organisms; chemical ecology; spectroscopic identification of complex molecules Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Bioassay-Guided Isolation of Marine Natural Products for Drug Discovery
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ilias National Center for Natural Products Research, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Thad Cochran Research Center, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: isolation and structure elucidation of antiinfective; anticancer; chemopreventive; neuroprotective and agrochemical constituents from plants and their use in human and plant health Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Isolation and Structure Elucidation of Bioactive Compounds (Dedicated to the memory of the late Professor Charles D. Hufford)
Prof. Dr. Mario A. Monteiro Department of Chemistry, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada Tel. +1-519-824-4120; Fax: +1-519-766-1499 Website \| E-Mail Interests: Polysaccharides; Conjugates; Carbohydrates; Lipopolysaccharides; Vaccines; Capsules
Prof. Dr. M. Soledade C. Pedras Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C9, Canada Website 1 \| Website 2 \| E-Mail Interests: natural products chemistry; phytoalexins; phytoanticipins; design and synthesis of paldoxins; biosynthesis and metabolism of bioactive metabolites; chemical synthesis of bioactive compounds
Prof. Dr. Tsutomu Hatano Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Tsushima, Okayama 700-8530, Japan Tel. +81-86-251-7936; Fax: +81-86-251-7926 Website \| E-Mail Interests: Natural product chemistry; Spectroscopic methods for structural analysis; Antibacterial effects of natural products Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Special Issue Dedicated to Late Professor Takuo Okuda, “Tannins and Related Polyphenols Revisited: Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biological Activities”
Prof. Maria Carla Marcotullio Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Via del Liceo, 1-06123 Perugia, Italy Website \| E-Mail Interests: plant extract analysis; bioactive natural compounds; natural product isolation and characterization; NMR spectroscopy Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Bioactive Natural Products 2018 Topical Collection in Molecules: Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Bioactive Natural Products
Dr. Manuel V. Simões LEPABE, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal Website \| E-Mail Interests: antimicrobial agents; emerging antimicrobial strategies; antimicrobial resistance; biofilms Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Biofilm Control
Prof. Dr. Ericsson Coy-Barrera Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas y Aplicadas, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Campus Nueva Granada, Cajicá 49300, Colombia Website \| E-Mail Interests: natural product chemistry (isolation and structure elucidation); secondary metabolism; metabolic profiling; molecular modelling; docking and dynamics; bioorganic and medicinal chemistry; anti-parasitic, anti-cancer, anti-fungal and anti-inflammatory bioactive compounds Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Combinatorial, Computational and High Throughput Screening for Bioactive/Lead Finding from Nature/Synthesis
Dr. Valeria Patricia Sülsen Cátedra de Farmacognosia, Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires Instituto de Química y Metabolismo del Fármaco (IQUIMEFA) (UBA- CONICET), Junín 956, 1113 Buenos Aires, República Argentina Tel. (54) -11-52874272 Website \| E-Mail Interests: natural products; sesquiterpene lactones; diterpenes; flavonoids; Asteraceae; antiparasitic activity; antitumor activity; semi-synthetic derivatives Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Drug Discovery for Neglected Diseases
Prof. Dr. Josphat Matasyoh Egerton University, Egerton, Kenya Website \| E-Mail Interests: Isolation of antimicrobial, mosquito larvicidal, insecticidal, acaricidal and anthelmintic secondary metabolites from tropical fungi, plants and their endophytic microbes
Prof. Dr. Cesar M. Compadre Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences,4301 W. Markham, 522-3 Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA Tel. (501)686-6493 & (501)993-4972; Fax: (501)686-6057 Website 1 \| Website 2 \| E-Mail Interests: natural product chemistry; molecular modeling computer aided; structure-activity relationship; anti-cancer compounds radiationprotection radiationmitigation; antioxidants Dr. Compadre has extensive research experience on the development of bioactive compounds from natural sources and on the use of molecular modeling in drug design and structure-activity studies. Dr. Compadre has over 150 publications and patents related to the development of bioactive compounds, including an FDA approved antimicrobial technology. Dr. Compadre has a BSPharm degree, and obtained his Ph.D. degree in medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy, from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He conducted postdoctoral research on structure-activity relationships studies using molecular modeling at the University of Illinois and at Pomona College working with Professor Corwin Hansch. Additionally, he had a sabbatical experience at NASA Ames Research Center in computer modeling. At the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences he directs the Laboratory for the Study of Medicinal Plants and also directs the molecular modeling facility. He has extensive research collaborations with many scientists locally, nationally and internationally
Dr. Harinantenaina Liva Rakotondraibe Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States Website \| E-Mail Interests: natural products; structure elucidation; anticancer; antimalarial; antibacterial; vector control; new natural product sources; endophytes; lichens and mycobionts; soil and marine microbes Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Plant Associated Microbes as Source of New Pharmacophores and Bioactive Compounds
Prof. Dr. Satyajit Sarker School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Science, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK Website \| E-Mail Interests: phytochemistry; phytomedicine; phytotherapy; natuaral products synthesis; structure elucidation; NMR, HPLC, chromatography; bioassay Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Medicines: Essential Oils: Chemistry and Bioactivity
Dr. Gerold Jerz Technische-Universität Braunschweig, Institute of Food Chemistry, Schleinitzstrasse 20, 38124 Braunschweig - Germany Website \| E-Mail Interests: analytical and preparative countercurrent chromatography; metabolite profiling by mass spectrometry; acetylenic natural products; flavonoids; betalain pigments; tropical fruits and medicinal plants; propolis