Natural Secondary Metabolites III

Dear Colleagues,

After the first two editions and considering the vigorous investigational activity on this intriguing topic, we can now announce with great pleasure the third edition of the Special Issue “Natural Secondary Metabolites”.

Since ancient times, secondary metabolites that are produced by plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms have been used for their interesting properties as medical substances, poisons, dyes, antimicrobials, insecticides, flavoring substances, etc.

Several secondary metabolites mediate relationships between organisms, such as virulence factors, attractants for other useful organisms, defense factors, etc. Moreover, their distribution is often cross-species, as observed, for example, in plants and their endophytes. Finally, secondary metabolites show interesting action mechanisms and peculiar chemical properties. 

The principal goal of this Special Issue is to cover all aspects of chemical and biotechnological relevance, such as extraction, identification, structural and stereostructural elucidation, biological activities, the rules of biotic and abiotic factors on secondary metabolites’ expressions, the development of analytical methods for their detection, and other related research.  

Thus, this Special Issue aims to collect contributions from the field and provide a platform to make them more visible to the scientific community.

Dr. Anna Andolfi
Dr. Maria Michela Salvatore
Guest Editors

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