Synthesis, Modification, and Bioactive Evaluation of Peptides and Their Analogs
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 786
Editor
Interests: biologically active peptides; bioconjugates; the development of new methods for the determination of organic compounds in different matrices
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Dear Colleagues,
Currently, the pharmaceutical market has a high need of new drugs for the treatment of various diseases, due to the arising bacterial resistance to the existing antibiotics, undesirable side effects from the use of various substances, enlargement of areas of many existing disease, and arising of new illnesses. Nature still hides untouched potential of undiscovered molecules that could be an alternative to existing drugs on the market. Peptides are natural biomolecules with a wide range of activity, such as anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antibacterial and many others, which have many advantages like a low molecular weight, which makes them easy to obtain using chemical and biotechnological approaches, the ability to pass through cell membranes, the presence of natural mechanisms for their elimination, etc. Therefore, they represent a possible alternative for new medicinal substances or transport systems for existing drugs that provide targeting of the necessary specific enzymes, receptors, etc. which could positively influence some diseases. This Special Issue of the journal aims to include researches on peptides, their analogs and bioconjugates with potential application in medical practice for the treatment of various diseases.
Prof. Dr. Dancho Danalev
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biologically active peptides
- bioconjugates with peptides
- peptide ligands
- biological activity
- non-proteinogenic amino acids
- peptide mimetics
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