NMR Spectroscopy as a Structural and Analytical Probe of Natural Products: Emerging Advancements and Future Insights
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2020) | Viewed by 44229
Special Issue Editor
Interests: bioorganic chemistry; natural product chemistry; NMR spectroscopy; structural biology; food chemistry
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Dear Colleague,
Natural products (NPs) are chemical compounds that originate from nature and possess a predominant position among prevailing chemical entities. They are characterized by an unmet structural diversity and they cover an extended chemical space compared to other chemical species. Natural products may have therapeutic benefits for several diseases, yielding active lead compounds for drug discovery.
In the last few years, natural products chemistry has experiencing a breakthrough. The entire process is gradually becoming technology-driven. New techniques and approaches have been introduced and incorporated, especially in the areas of natural product isolation, structural characterization and analytical applications of complex mixtures, altering traditional concepts and perceptions. NMR spectroscopy has played a central role in the development of the field of natural products by providing an extraordinary diverse range of applications.
This Special Issue will provide a platform for publishing original research papers, short communications or reviews in the following contemporary applications of NMR:
- Advanced NMR techniques in solution
- Hyperpolarized NMR techniques
- Solid state NMR techniques
- New tools for processing complex NMR data
- NMR techniques and current trends in the analysis of complex mixtures of natural products
- NMR hyphenated techniques
- NMR high throughput screening applications
- Applications of residual dipolar couplings to structural determination
- Computational NMR methods for structure determination
- Quantum chemical calculations of NMR parameters for structure determination
- NMR metabolomics
- NMR repositories for natural structure elucidation
- Data mining and computer-assisted structural elucidation
- NMR studies of natural product–biomolecular interactions
- In-cell NMR of natural products
Scientists are cordially invited to contribute original research papers or reviews on all aspects of natural product sciences to this Special Issue of Molecules.
Prof. Dr. Ioannis P. Gerothanass
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- natural products
- NMR spectroscopy
- NMR pulse sequences
- hyperpolarized NMR
- metabolomics
- high-throughput methods
- hyphenated techniques
- computational methods
- in-cell NMR
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