Natural Active Agents Against Bacteria, Fungi and Parasites

Dear Colleagues,

Recently, we accepted an invitation to serve as Guest Editors for this Special Issue, "Discovery of Natural Active Agents against Bacteria, Fungi and Parasites” of the journal Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049 http://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules). In this regard, we would be pleased if you would agree to contribute an original research paper, a short communication, or a focus review to this issue. Provided below is some information that you may find useful in your consideration of this invitation.

This Special Issue aims to collect and disseminate some of the most significant and recent contributions in the interdisciplinary area of pharmacology, pharmacognosy, and food/medicinal chemistry, with a particular emphasis on the (biotechnological) production, isolation and characterization, biological effects, uses, and analysis of semi-synthetic and natural products. The main applications of these natural active compounds must be strictly focused on microbial (bacterial, fungal and viral) infections, parasite eradication, food contamination and preservation, inhibition of biofilm production and resistance development, herbal formulations, new mechanism of action, structure-activity elucidation, and chemically modified natural compounds with improved biological activity. The biological activity of natural extracts without a proper chemical characteriztion will not be considered.

Prof. Dr. Maria Daglia
Prof. Dr. Simone Carradori
Prof. Dr. Annabella Vitalone
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Molecules is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.