Marine Natural Products: Isolations, Structures and Bioactivities

Dear Colleagues,

Natural medicinal chemistry is a traditional discipline which aims to apply the principles of spectroscopy and medicine, explore natural resources, discover functional molecules that can effectively solve the problems of human survival and development, and reveal the general laws of natural evolution and development from the perspective of functional molecules. It is a discipline full of natural mysteries, enjoying the exploration of winding paths and scientific thinking of transforming feathers. Low-quality (MW<1000) functional molecules are the main research objects of natural medicinal chemistry, with extremely rich structural diversity and functional specificity, containing profound scientific problems and broad research and development prospects. The ocean contains enormous amounts of biological resources, and in-depth research on these resources is important for sustainable human development in the future. Coral reef ecosystems are extremely rich in species diversity and habitat particularity, especially reef-dwelling invertebrate sponges and corals. Like other organisms, their chemical defense phenomenon based on 

functional molecules provides important scientific enlightenment for the research and development of modern marine natural drugs. The deep exploration of this resource constitutes an important scientific axis in the multidimensional research on marine drugs. Its core is the exploration of specific chemical structural molecules, following the principle of unity in natural addition.

This Special Issue aims to publish high-quality research on various structures and diverse bioactivity.

Dr. Pinglin Li
Guest Editor

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