Pharmacological Bioassays of Secondary Metabolites of Medicinal Plants
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 467
Special Issue Editors
Interests: medicinal plants; pharmacology of natural products and medicinal plants; ethnobotany
Interests: secondary metabolite isolation; structural determination; oxidative stress; nutraceuticals; bioactive molecules; cholinesterase inhibitory activity; Alzheimer’s disease; cytotoxic effects
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Dear Colleagues,
About 20% of the medicinal plants that inhabit our planet have been studied and even less have been studied for their pharmacological properties. Every day, new products of plant origin are discovered, and it is becoming increasingly necessary to understand their mechanisms of action in order to find new drugs to treat both new diseases and others that date back many years. It must be considered that many diseases do not have a treatment drug that has been studied. It is becoming increasingly necessary for many researchers to contribute, in one way or another, to the search for new drugs, new mechanisms of action, and to bring some relief to many people who suffer from the lack of medicines. Pharmacology plays a very important role in the search for a mechanism of action in animals and humans; we must contribute by developing new opportunities so that researchers are attracted to publish their results.
Dr. José L. Martínez
Dr. Luigi Milella
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pharmacology of medicinal plants
- pharmacology of natural products
- medicinal plants
- mechanisms of action (cardiovascular, nervous system, digestive, etc.)
- active principles in diseases (Parkinson's, cancer, ulcers, etc.)
- isolation and bioassays of medicinal plant extracts
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