Natural Compounds for Disease and Health, 3rd Edition
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Medicinal Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 2052
Special Issue Editors
Interests: natural products; cardiovascular pharmacology; regulation of vascular tone; angiogenesis; ischemic injury; nucleoside transporters
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Interests: phytomedicine; angiogenesis; tumor- associated macrophages; tumor microenvironment
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Dear Colleagues,
Despite the world seeing many advancements in medicine, we have more diseases than ever before. Acute and chronic diseases place a heavy burden on the healthcare system since patients are usually required to take medications for a certain period or time, or even for life, to treat or limit the deterioration in their diseases. In addition to drug treatment and lifestyle modification, many people also choose to consume natural products that claim to be safe and have beneficial effects on our health. Therefore, there has been an exponential increase in the number of preclinical and clinical studies related to the pharmacology of natural products. Some interesting active ingredients have been found, which may serve as the lead compounds for the development of novel therapeutic agents.
For this Special Issue entitled “Natural Compounds for Disease and Health, 3rd Edition”, we invite researchers to present their novel data on the pharmacological actions of natural products and their active ingredients, which have potential implications for the treatment of various diseases and the promotion of health. Original papers or reviews are welcome.
Dr. George P.H. Leung
Dr. Jingjing Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural products
- phytochemistry
- structure–activity relationship
- mechanisms of action
- anti-aging
- cancer
- cardiovascular diseases
- digestive diseases
- endocrine disorders
- immune diseases
- infections
- inflammation
- liver diseases
- metabolic diseases
- musculoskeletal diseases
- neurodegenerative diseases
- pain
- psychiatric diseases
- renal diseases
- respiratory diseases
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