Design, Synthesis, and Analysis of Potential Drugs

Dear Colleagues,

One of the major challenges of modern medicine is the effective treatment of many diseases that are still difficult to manage. Despite the commercial availability of a number of therapeutics, their performance is still largely limited. The improvement of patients’ chances for recovery is pursued by searching new compounds with specific biological properties, which could become an alternative or a breakthrough therapy. On the other hand, we are witnessing the dynamic development of chemistry, medicinal chemistry, and biochemistry, which are presenting new and innovative solutions for drug discovery.

The present Special Issue “Design, Synthesis, and Analysis of Potential Drugs” aims to highlight the most interesting studies in the field of design of bioactive molecules that could become effective drugs. Moreover, of interest will be studies dealing with the processes of biotransformation of organic compounds and organic synthesis of pharmaceutical compounds. In addition, it is expected that the chemistry of heterocycles, carbohydrates, and proteins—enzymes in particular—will also be described and discussed in the submitted papers.

I hope that the proposed Special Issue will offer a comprehensive and interesting view of the current research on new potential drugs and be an important source of successful solutions for their modern design.

Prof. Dr. Beata Morak-Młodawska
Guest Editor

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