Natural Products Chemistry: Advances in Synthetic, Analytical and Bioactivity Studies, 3rd Edition
A Special Issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049) belonging to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2027 | Viewed by 358
Editor
Interests: medicinal chemistry; organic synthesis; analytical chemistry; mass spectrometry; NMR; natural products; molecular modeling
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Modern chemical sciences, and, in particular, medicinal chemistry, are inextricably linked to natural products. These compounds offer remarkable chemical diversity based on varied scaffolds, functional groups, and chirality features. Despite challenges in extraction and analytical characterization, their study paves the way for applications in several research fields. On the other hand, organic chemists continue to advance the field through derivatization and optimization of natural leads, yielding semi-synthetic analogues with enhanced potential. Thus, natural compounds remain focal points for medicinal chemists seeking novel therapeutic agents. Contemporary drug discovery tools further enable the rational integration of Nature-inspired molecules into drug development processes.
Original research articles and reviews on natural products and their derivatives, highlighting structure–activity relationships, mechanism of action studies, and translational advances toward new medicines, as well as other applications in other chemical disciplines, are welcome in this collection.
Moreover, this Special Issue aims to collect original contributions describing the extraction, structural elucidation, synthesis, and biological evaluation of natural, semisynthetic derivatives, and nature-inspired molecules. Additionally, articles reporting the analysis of natural compound content in complex matrices and their bioactivity, as well as review articles focusing on the chemistry of natural products, will be considered. Research articles describing significant results in terms of innovative synthetic and extractive techniques and advanced analysis (chromatography, 1D and 2D NMR, mass spectrometry, IR and UV spectroscopy), as well as drug discovery-oriented contributions, are particularly welcome.
Dr. Giovanni Ribaudo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- natural products
- medicinal chemistry
- syntheis
- analytical chemistry
- NMR
- drug discovery
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