Chemistry and Biology of Meroterpenoids
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2022) | Viewed by 2926
Special Issue Editors
Interests: marine fungi; marine natural products; fungal meroterpenoids; fungal peptides; marine drug discovery
Interests: endophytic fungi; bioactive secondary metabolites; structural elucidation; molecular networking analysis; drug discovery
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Meroterpenoids are secondary metabolites from mixed terpene-biosynthetic origins. They are ubiquitously produced in the natural environment (including terrestrial and marine sources), from plants, animals, and microorganisms (including fungi and bacteria (actinomycetes)). Many typical bioactive compounds can be assigned to the meroterpenoids, such as plastoquinone, menadione, vitamin E, vinblastine, tetrahydrocannabinol, merochlorin A, and teleocidin B-4. Their intriguing chemical structural diversification and complexity, potential bioactivities, and pharmacological significance make them attractive targets in natural product chemistry, organic synthesis, and biosynthesis. The chemical diversity and therapeutic potential of these meroterpenoids will provide biologists and medicinal chemists with a promising sustainable treasure trove for drug discovery.
The issue is dedicated to the identification of meroterpenoids from plants, animals, and microorganisms; innovative isolation techniques targeting meroterpenoids; pharmacological characterization; and synthesis of meroterpenoids.
Dr. Senhua Chen
Dr. Hanxiang Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- meroterpenoids
- pharmacological activities
- structural elucidation
- secondary metabolites
- natural products
- organic synthesis
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