Bioactive Molecules: Isolation, Synthesis, Analysis, and Application in Medicinal Chemistry

Dear Colleagues,

Bioactive molecules, such as bioactive peptides, bioactive amino acids and derivatives, amines, organic acids derivatives and heterocycles, play an important role in the discovery novel medicines or pesticides or veterinary drugs. This kind of molecules has the common characteristics of small molecular weight, diversity structures, and various biological activities. Many bioactive molecules have been studied as anticancer agents, anti-HIV agents, antifungal agents, antibacterial agents, anti-parasitic agents, herbicidal agents, insecticidal agents and so on. Their function and level have important medicinal significance. Natural products or synthetic compounds are main source of bioactive small molecules. In this process, the compounds must be isolated and structure elucidated, test their biological activities, then get their structure-activity relationship, then discover new high active biomolecules. Therefore, this special issue will consider the most recent and significant contributions from bioactive molecules about medicinal chemistry, including pesticidal chemistry or veterinary medicine chemistry.

Dr. Xinghai Liu
Guest Editor

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