Advances in Isolation, Identification and Biological Activity of Natural Products

Dear Colleagues,

In the recent research flow, the development of pharmaceuticals, foods, and cosmetics derived from natural products has developed exponentially. The obvious reason for this is the development of new instruments and methods. However, research on natural products is mostly at the level of extraction and fractionation. Therefore, research on the isolation and structural identification of new and bioactive compounds derived from natural products and the evaluation of the activity of isolated metabolites must be continuously developed.

This Special Issue aims to present new and diverse methods for the isolation of compounds from natural products, foods, and special crops; the structure identification of isolated metabolites using spectroscopic techniques such as NMR, MS, and FT-IR; qualitative and quantitative analysis using diverse analysis tools; and bioactivity studies of isolated metabolites. In particular, the submission of research works on isolation methods that have not been attempted before, the discovery of new compounds, and the discovery of new biological activities of isolated metabolites are very welcome. Similarly, submissions of original research papers, short communications, perspectives and comprehensive review papers are all welcome.

Dr. Hyoung-Geun Kim
Prof. Dr. Nam In Baek
Guest Editors

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