Isolation and Identification of Natural Products
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2026 | Viewed by 244
Editor
Interests: analytical chemistry; food quality; phytochemicals; phenolic compounds; bioacessibility; bioavailability; bioactivity
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Natural products represent a rich source of structurally diverse and biologically active compounds, playing a key role in drug discovery, chemical biology, and related fields. The isolation and identification of natural products remain fundamental challenges, requiring advanced extraction, purification, and analytical techniques.
In recent years, substantial progress has been achieved through the development of modern chromatographic methods, high-resolution mass spectrometry, and advanced NMR techniques, enabling the characterization of complex molecules from diverse natural sources. Despite these advances, challenges persist in the isolation of minor components, the elucidation of complex structures, and the sustainable use of natural resources.
This Special Issue of Molecules, entitled “Isolation and Identification of Natural Products”, aims to showcase recent methodological advances and applications in natural product chemistry. We invite original research articles and reviews focusing on innovative isolation strategies, structure elucidation methods, dereplication approaches, and studies on bioactive natural compounds from plants, microorganisms, and marine organisms.
We hope that this Special Issue will provide a valuable platform for the exchange of ideas and further advances in the field.
Dr. Maria Rosário Bronze
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- natural products
- isolation
- structure elucidation
- chromatography
- NMR
- mass spectrometry
- bioactive compounds
- sustainable extraction
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