Back to Nature: Pharmacological Activities of Phytochemicals Isolated from Medicinal Plants
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025
Special Issue Editors
Interests: oral drug absorption; intestinal permeability; drug solubility; drug dissolution; biopharmaceutics classification system (BCS); drug delivery and targeting
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Interests: properties of medicinal plants (antiviral, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and so on); isolation, purification, and identification of active compounds from medicinal plants
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Numerous scientific studies in recent decades have indicated that medicinal plants can serve as a promising source for pharmacologically active phytochemicals, combating various diseases. In recent years, a large number of phytochemicals, including polyphenols (flavonoids, phenolic acids, lignans, tannins, stilbenes, and coumarins), terpenes, carotenoids, saponins, alkaloids, thiophenes, different sugars, fatty oils, resins, phytosterols, proteins, peptides, and many others, have exhibited noteworthy anticancer, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and countless other therapeutic actions, with significant potential to make it to the market as drug/drug-like substances. This Special Issue aims to provide verified data on the pharmacological activities of phytochemicals isolated from medicinal plants of the world flora. We welcome submissions of review and research articles describing, but not limited to, significant anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, neuroprotective, anticancer, antioxidative, antimicrobial, antiviral, and antifungal activities of phytochemicals isolated from medicinal plants. Given that the medical and scientific communities have become increasingly interested in using phytochemicals isolated from medicinal plants for therapeutic purposes, we cordially invite clinicians, pharmacologists, and researchers to submit their scientific work to this Special Issue.
Dr. Arik Dahan
Guest Editor
Dr. Ludmila Yarmolinsky
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- medicinal plant
- pharmacological activity
- phytochemical
- disease
- drug
- therapeutic
- polyphenol
- terpene
- carotenoid
- saponin
- alkaloid
- thiophene
- sugar
- fatty oil
- resin
- phytosterol
- protein
- peptide
- anti-inflammatory
- antidiabetic
- neuroprotective
- anticancer
- antioxidative
- antimicrobial
- antiviral
- antifungal
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