Pharmacological Effects of Natural Products: Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory and Anticancer Activities
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 865
Special Issue Editors
Interests: immunology of infectious diseases; immunomodulation by natural products; regenerative medicine; tissue engineering; arboviruses; SARS-CoV-2; metabolomics
Interests: evaluation of the biological activity of natural products of medicinal plants; isolation and chemical characterization of bioactive compounds of medicinal plants
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The use of natural products and their active components has been the basis for discovering molecules with therapeutic activity in humans. The search for extracts and molecules of natural origin with potential antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity has recently increased. Additionally, given that cancer is considered a chronic inflammatory disease, where the phenomenon of oxidative stress has been demonstrated, extracts or molecules with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity can be considered to have potential anticancer activity. Understanding the mechanisms responsible for the biological activity of extracts and molecules of natural origin will facilitate the development of new therapeutic strategies for treating inflammatory diseases such as atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, allergic asthma, asthma, COPD, inflammatory bowel disease and cancer.
This Special Issue is designed to present research conducted in relation to products of natural origin, their constituents and their pharmacological activities. We welcome submissions that address, but are not limited to, the following areas: the identification and characterization of bioactive compounds from terrestrial, marine, and endophytic plant sources and pharmacological studies on the efficacy, mechanism of action and safety of natural medicines and their active components. Structural modifications of natural products are made to increase their pharmacological activity and reduce toxicity to develop more effective and safer therapeutic agents. Manuscripts should be original, unpublished works or reviews that contribute to understanding the pharmacological activities of natural constituents. They should be well structured, clearly written, and supported by rigorous experimental data. All the submissions will undergo a peer-review process to ensure the highest quality scientific standards.
Dr. Juan Carlos Sepúlveda-Arias
Dr. Ramón Enrique Robles Zepeda
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural products
- plant extracts
- phytochemical inflammatory diseases
- oxidative stress
- cancer
- biological activity
- drug discovery
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