Bioactive Molecules in Medicinal Plants
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Medicinal Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 1246
Special Issue Editor
Interests: medicinal plants; plant biotechnology; in vitro cultures; secondary metabolites; pharmaceutical botany; phytochemistry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue welcomes potential authors to contribute and share their original and review articles focusing on plant bioactive compounds. Contributions to this Special Issue may cover all research aspects related to medicinal plants—both those used in traditional medicine and those known pharmacopoeial raw materials—as well as potential species which may become a source of raw materials in the future. Research on the identification or isolation of compounds derived from medicinal plants growing in natural sites, cultivated in fields, or cultured in vitro will be accepted. Studies on the potential application of bioactive compounds are also welcome. In view of the medicinal potential of plants, the principal goals of this Special Issue focus on all aspects of phytochemical research, including the isolation and structural elucidation of the novel bioactive metabolites, biosynthesis, biotechnological methods enhancing the accumulation of bioactive compounds in plant tissues and other related research.
Dr. Małgorzata Kikowska
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- bioactive compounds
- identification and isolation of compounds
- bioactivity of secondary metabolites
- medicinal plants
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