Natural Products and Their Semi-synthetic Derivatives against Bacteria, Fungi, and Parasites II

Dear Colleagues,

After the important success obtained with the first edition, I accepted an invitation to serve as the Guest Editor for the Special Issue, "Natural Products and their Semi-Synthetic Derivatives Against Bacteria, Fungi and Parasites II”, of the journal Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules). In this regard, I would be pleased if you would agree to contribute an original research paper, short communication, or focus review to this Issue. Provided below is some information that you may find useful in your consideration of this invitation.

This Special Issue will collect and disseminate the most significant and recent contributions in the interdisciplinary area of medicinal chemistry, microbiology, food chemistry, pharmacology, and pharmacognosy, with a particular emphasis on (biotechnological) production, isolation and characterization, biological effects, uses, and the analysis of semi-synthetic and natural products. The main applications of these natural active compounds must be strictly focused on microbial (bacterial, fungal, and viral) infections, parasite disease eradication and prevention, food contamination and preservation, inhibition of biofilm production and resistance development, herbal formulations with a specific chemical profile, new mechanisms of action, new targets to be explored, structure–activity elucidation, and chemically modified natural compounds with improved biological activity or pharmacokinetics. The biological activity of complex natural extracts without a proper chemical characterization or the evaluation of the most representative active compounds will not be considered.

Dr. Simone Carradori
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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