Design and Synthesis of Antimicrobial and Antiviral Agents: From Molecular Targets to Therapeutic Strategies
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Medicinal Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 5
Special Issue Editor
Interests: organic synthesis; medicinal chemistry; drug design; antimicrobial; antiviral; materials science; reaction mechanism
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue will highlight innovative approaches in the discovery and development of novel antimicrobial and antiviral agents, with an emphasis on structure-based drug design and mechanism-driven therapeutic strategies. We invite contributions covering the following areas:
- Rational Drug Design Approaches
- Target identification and validation.
- Structure–activity relationship (SAR) optimization.
- Fragment-based and computational drug design.
- Innovative Synthetic Methodologies
- Novel synthetic routes for bioactive compounds.
- Green chemistry approaches in antimicrobial synthesis.
- Multicomponent reactions for scaffold diversification.
- Mechanistic Studies and Resistance Solutions
- Mode-of-action investigations.
- Strategies with which to overcome drug resistance.
- Synergistic combination therapies.
- Translational Potential
- Lead compound optimization.
- ADMET property enhancement.
- Repurposing existing drugs for new indications.
We welcome original research articles, comprehensive reviews, and short communications that bridge molecular discovery with therapeutic applications.
Dr. Sameh Abdelwahed
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antimicrobial drug discovery
- antiviral agents
- structure-based design
- resistance mechanisms
- medicinal chemistry
- target identification
- lead optimization
- synthetic methodology
- mechanism of action
- therapeutic strategies
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