Biological Activities of Medicinal Plants
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 April 2020) | Viewed by 91040
Special Issue Editor
Interests: natural compounds; essential oils; plant extracts; GC-MS; LC-MS; biological activity
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Dear Colleagues,
Medicinal plants have been used for many years for therapy and prevention of various human diseases because they have always shown many different biological acitvities (e.g., antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer). An advantage of their use is that they provide patients with single natural specific compounds (for example, alkaloids, glycosides, saponines, polyphenols, flavonoids), have smoother action, and are better tolerated than synthetic drugs; moreover, they present fewer cumulation problems and can therefore be utilized for a long time. For these reasons, interest in medicinal plants and in their active compounds is currently increasing. The focus of this Special Issue is on current renewed interest concerning medicinal plants, and it is aimed at compiling an exhaustive summary of the potential biological activities of medicinal plants and/or their specific isolated compounds and their current and potential future applications.
Dr. Laura De Martino
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- medicinal plants
- secondary metabolites
- natural compounds
- biological activities
- bioactive compounds
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