Pharmacological Activity of Natural Bioactive Compounds for Better Human Health
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 1204
Editors
Interests: pharmacognosy; phytochemistry; phytotherapy
Interests: pharmacology; pharmacokinetics; drug–drug interactions
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Dear Colleagues,
Nature has been a major source of medicinal compounds for centuries, offering us a wide selection of bioactive substances with significant pharmacological potential. This is reflected in traditional medical systems across various cultures around the world, which primarily use medicines derived from natural sources, many of which have subsequently been confirmed by scientific research. The diverse chemical composition of natural sources—plants, animals, microorganisms, fungi, and many others—contributes to the wide spectrum of therapeutic effects they possess. Driven by the idea of improving all aspects of human health, modern medicine, faced with challenges such as chronic diseases and adverse drug reactions, antibiotic resistance, and many others, is particularly interested in the search for new and better plant-based medicinal products.
It is precisely such natural compounds, their identification, isolation, purification, and even modification, both of pure components and of mixtures and even fractions of groups of substances, that this issue of the journal is aimed at. The special issue of Molecules also welcomes submissions on the analysis of cellular and molecular mechanisms of natural compounds or characterized extracts, as well as their absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and therapeutic mechanisms.
Dr. Ilia Slavov
Prof. Dr. Kaloyan Georgiev
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural products
- pharmacologically active substances
- chemical analysis
- therapeutic effects
- molecular mechanisms
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