Sustainable Approaches to Natural Product-Inspired Drug Discovery and Development

Dear Colleagues,

Pressing environmental concerns and the general quest for more sustainable approaches in research and development are also affecting the field of drug discovery and development. Combining natural product-inspired discovery and development of actives and active formulations with approaches that adhere to ‘greener’ concepts and efficient use of renewable resources and energy represents a valuable future-oriented option in the biomedical and pharmaceutical fields. These approaches hold the promise to promote a substantial and cutting-edge change in the pharmaceutical industry.

We firmly believe that ‘nature knows best’, and we invite everyone involved in sustainable approaches to natural product-inspired drug discovery and development to share their latest conceptual findings and results. Rather than compiling a Special Issue that reads like a mere continuation of mainstream works, we would like to use the open access platform offered by Molecules to broadcast innovative, sustainable, natural-product-inspired strategies to drug discovery or design. Further, we aim at unveiling unconventional approaches and solutions in this field, including sustainable routes to standard or innovative drug formulations.

Dr. Heiko Lange
Dr. Margherita Brindisi
Guest Editors

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