Isolation, Identification and Application of Biologically Active Natural Products

Dear Colleagues,

It is well known that natural products are small molecules produced naturally by any organism including primary and secondary metabolites. They are usually presented in the edible and medicinal plants, animals and microorganisms. Traditionally, ethnopharmacology and phytomedicine have been proved to be an invaluable source of information on the probable medicinal properties of these natural resources. To date, the numerous phytochemical and pharmacological studies have been conducted to found significant biological ingredients. And some of these bioactive compounds were developed into clinical drugs. In many cases, current studies conducted in various pharmacological models (in vitro, in vivo, clinical trials) played important roles in biological evaluation of natural products being used as potential medicinal agents.

This Special Issue of Molecules covers the aspects concerning extraction, isolation and structure elucidation of natural products, structure-bioactivity relationship of natural products, novel analytical methods including in natural products, bioaccessibility and bioavailability of natural products, biological evaluation of bioactive natural products; safety and efficacy phytotherapy of natural products. I hope that this Special Issue will increase the understanding of bioactive natural products and I would like to thank the authors for their valuable contributions.

Dr. Gui-Guang Cheng
Dr. Lu Liu
Prof. Dr. Tao Feng
Guest Editors

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