Metal Complexes and Their Medicinal Applications
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Medicinal Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 November 2026 | Viewed by 2127
Special Issue Editor
Interests: gamma radiation; electron beam radiation; polymer materials; medical device polymers; polymer characterization; biomedical polymers; biopolymers; coordination compounds; radiation modification; oxidative stress; free radicals; antioxidants; structural biology; material testing
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Dear Colleagues,
Metal complexes have become central to modern medicinal chemistry, where advances over the past 10–15 years have revealed how controlled coordination, redox activity, and structural tunability can be leveraged for targeted therapy, imaging, and diverse biological interventions. Developments in ligand engineering, nanotechnology, and molecular targeting have produced metal-based agents with greatly improved specificity, efficacy, and safety, supporting applications in cancer treatment, antimicrobial therapy, diagnostic imaging, enzyme modulation, and other emerging biomedical uses. Alongside these core medical applications, this issue also opens a space to consider emerging uses in supplements and clinical nutrition.
Dr. Hanna Lewandowska
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- metal complexes
- medicinal chemistry
- anticancer agents
- antimicrobial activity
- diagnostic imaging
- therapeutic design
- coordination chemistry
- supplements
- clinical dietetics
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