Biological Properties of Terpenoids
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: research of new anti-infectives; development of new strategies to fight antimicrobial resistance
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Interests: biological properties of medicinal plants and natural products; resistance to anticancer therapies; inflammation and inflammatory diseases
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Dear Colleagues,
The lack of innovative therapies in human chemotherapy, including infectious diseases and cancer, is mainly due to the emergence of resistance to the main treatments currently available. This deficit has prompted the scientific community to explore new sources of bioactive compounds. Various unique molecules, synthetic or natural, have been highlighted over the last century to overcome this issue, among them include secondary metabolites derived from plants, such as terpenoids. These molecules have been the subject of numerous scientific studies, demonstrating their pleiotropic pharmacological properties—anti-infectious, anticancer, antiproliferative, antiangiogenesis, apoptosis induction, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, etc.—and emphasizing their potential interest.
The aim of this Special Issue is to develop an in-depth inventory of biological properties related to terpenoids, such as antimicrobial (i.e., antibacterial, antiviral, or antifungal), anticancer, antiproliferative, and anti-inflammatory, to name a few, as well as antioxidant properties/activities. This Special Issue may include original research articles and reviews on the biological properties of terpenoids in order to identify promising natural compounds that could allow us to respond to the urgency of finding new treatments.
Prof. Dr. Raphaël E. Duval
Prof. Dr. Youness Limami
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- terpenoids
- biological activities
- anticancer
- anti-infectives
- anti-inflammatory
- antioxidant
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