Natural Products: Extraction, Analysis and Biological Activities
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 3107
Special Issue Editors
Interests: chromatographic analysis; sample preparation; extraction; secondary plant metabolites; biologically active compounds; endo- and exogenous compounds
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Dear Colleagues,
With increased demand for natural products by the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food industries, much attention is paid to the analysis of plants and herbal preparations. On the one hand, new biotechnological methods of reproducing plants with a high content of metabolites and homogeneous and stable genotypes are being developed; on the other hand, effective methods for their isolation and analysis are being sought. Analysis is generally carried out for two purposes: to check the suitability of a given material and to control the quality of (semi-)products. It should be emphasized that the examination of biological materials is often a very complex combination of techniques and procedures, within which a holistic sample is usually subjected to final analysis using liquid or gas chromatography. A poor choice of isolation method or even a small error or oversight at one of the stages of the procedure can doom the entire analysis to failure. Nevertheless, more studies are being conducted to assess the biological effect of natural products and explain the mechanisms of their action. Among the compound characteristics of the plant, markers of the quality of the (semi-)product are sought. The stability of the compounds is tested during their isolation and product preparation. Derivative compounds are identified, and their toxicity is assessed. Finally, applications for previously unused agricultural wastes are sought. This Special Issue, " Natural Products: Extraction, Analysis and Biological Activities", aims to bring readers closer to new insights and observations. The development and application of new extraction methods, procedures, and statistical tools for the design of optimal isolation and analysis conditions in biological research is a short and non-exhaustive description of possible topics.
Prof. Dr. Dorota Wianowska
Dr. Łukasz Paprotny
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant products
- secondary metabolites
- extraction
- analysis
- quality of natural products
- biological activity
- health-promoting properties
- agricultural waste
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