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Chemical Composition and Bioactivities of Essential Oils, 3rd Edition

edited by

Manuela Labbozzetta

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 874 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive natural compounds; essential oils; chemical characterization; the essential oil mechanism of action; biological activities in vitro and in vivo; antitumor; antimicrobials; antioxidant; EO delivery strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products Chemistry)

Between Solid-State NMR and Nanoscience—a Long Journey with Great Perspectives: A Themed Issue in Honor of Professor Jacek Klinowski

edited by Leszek Stobinski and

Teobald Kupka

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 851 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid-state NMR; NMR; zeolites; ordered carbon nanostructures; MOFs; mathematics in crystallography

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Chemistry)

Pharmacological Activities of Bioactive Compounds in Plants and Foods as Therapeutic Agents

edited by Juan Kan, Dan Chen and Chao Tang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 554 | Submission Open

Keywords: plants; foods; bioactive compounds; structural characterization; therapeutic effects; application

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products Chemistry)

Macromolecular Chemistry in Europe, 2nd Edition

edited by

Chris E. Finlayson

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 465 | Submission Open

Keywords: macromolecules; synthesis and polymerization; polymer architectures; properties and structure; functional materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Macromolecular Chemistry)

Therapeutic Agents for Neurodegenerative Disorders—2nd Edition

edited by

Andrea Kwakowsky

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 455 | Submission Open

Keywords: beta amyloid; tau; alpha-synuclein; huntingtin; autophagy; neuromodulators; neurotrophins; natural compounds; neuroinflammation; vascular dysfunction; neuronal death; drug development; therapeutic biomarkers; blood– brain barrier; small-molecule therapeutics; theranostics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)

Metabolites from Algae: Discovery, Identification and Multifaceted Applications

edited by

Angela Sardo

and

Giovanna Romano

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 453 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine algae-derived metabolites; marine photosynthetic organisms as a source of drugs; nutraceuticals; cosmeceuticals; biotechnological applications of macro- and microalgae; novel strategies for industrial production of marine-derived compounds

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products Chemistry)

Bioactive Compounds against Parasites, Bacteria and Related Diseases—Third Edition

edited by

Valentina Virginia Ebani

and

Francesca Mancianti

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 450 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive compounds; essential oils; herbal extracts; fungi; mycoses; helmints parasite; protozoa parasite; arthropods parasite; parasitoses; anti-drug-resistant parasites; antifungal-resistant molds; yeast; Gram-positive bacteria; Gram-negative bacteria; antibiotic-resistant bacteria; bacterial infections; animal infections; human infections; zoomotic infections

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products Chemistry)

Challenges and Future Directions in Toxic Activity and Antimicrobial Application of Plant and Food Extracts

edited by

Felipe Ascencio

and

Norma Hernández-Saavedra

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 420 | Submission Open

Keywords: effectiveness: evaluate the efficacy of extracts under various conditions and against different pathogens; toxicity: investigate potential adverse effects of extracts on humans and animals; biodiversity: explore the diversity of plant species to discover new antimicrobial properties; sustainability: develop extraction and production methods that are environmentally friendly and sustainable; innovation: apply modern technologies; such as biotechnology; to improve the efficacy of extracts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products Chemistry)

Discovery of New Natural Derived Compounds and Mechanisms for Chronic Diseases Therapy

edited by

Eduardo Sobarzo-Sánchez

and Marianela Saldías

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 394 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer therapies; natural products; biomolecular recognition; coordination chemistry; targeted drug delivery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products Chemistry)

Natural Products for the Treatment of Diabetes and Obesity II

edited by

Liqing Zang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 353 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural products; bioactive compounds; obesity; diabetes; metabolic syndrome; human health; molecular mechanism; nutrients

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products Chemistry)

Designing Eco-Friendly Heterogeneous Catalysts for Green Oxidation Reactions

edited by

Rosaria Schettini

and

Maria Rosaria Acocella

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 343 | Submission Open

Keywords: catalyst design; catalyst synthesis; sustainability; green chemistry; oxidation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Chemistry)

Organoantimony Chemistry

edited by Renhua Qiu and

Longzhi Zhu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 338 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimony chemistry; organostibines; C– Sb bond formation; organometallic chemistry; utilization of antimony resources; removal of antimony contaminants; bioactive antimony compounds

(This special issue belongs to the Section Organic Chemistry)

Advances in Functional Foods, 2nd Edition

edited by

Jolanta Sereikaitė

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 318 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional food ingredients; delivery of bioactives; bioavailability of bioactives; technological aspects; health benefits; personalized nutrition; health claims

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Chemistry)

New Development in Fermented Products—Third Edition

edited by

Alessia Fazio

and

Chiara La Torre

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 306 | Submission Open

Keywords: application of microorganisms to the production of fermented food; traditional and innovative fermentation technologies; natural health benefits of fermented foods; homemade and industrial fermented products; identification and production of novel starter cultures of commercial interest; microbial biotransformation and production of active metabolites; mechanisms of action of fermented food on the microbiota

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products Chemistry)

Metalloenzyme Structure and Function

edited by Yifan Wang and

Ian Davis

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 283 | Submission Open

Keywords: catalytic mechanisms; structure– function relationships; enzymatic applications; novel metalloenzymes; biocatalysts; enzyme engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioorganic Chemistry)

New Horizons for Deep Eutectic Solvents

edited by

Marco Chiarini

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 274 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep eutectic solvent; natural deep eutectic solvents; green solvent; solvent design; hydrogen bond acceptor; hydrogen bond donor; hole theory; phase behavior; eutectic point; physicochemical properties; supramolecular network; separation processes; energy storage devices; templated synthesis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Chemistry)

Nutritional Components of Non-Animal Origin Foods: Structure, Synthesis, Functions and Mechanisms

edited by

Jie Zhang

, Zhengyi Wei and Tiehua Zhang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 271 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-animal origin foods; nutritional components; bioactive compounds; human diseases; health benefits; epidemiological and clinical studies; action mechanism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Chemistry)

New Insights into Bioactive Compounds from Natural Sources—Second Edition

edited by

Agnieszka Kicel

and

Ewa Skała

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 266 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive plant-specialized metabolites; isolation and identification; bioactive compounds; qualitative and quantitative profiling; biotechnological strategies; biological activity; structure and bioactivity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)

Bioactive Natural Products and Derivatives

edited by Xiaoxiao Huang and

Yuanqiang Guo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 252 | Submission Open

Keywords: new natural product discovery; natural product derivatives; bioactivities and mechanisms of action of natural products; application; new methods and technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioorganic Chemistry)

Recent Advances in Extraction Techniques for Elemental Analysis

edited by Ricardo Cassella

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 238 | Submission Open

Keywords: sample preparation; microextraction; liquid— liquid extraction; solid-phase extraction; elemental analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Analytical Chemistry)

Recent Advancements in Solid Electrolytes for Rechargeable Solid-State Batteries

edited by Adil Saleem and

Leon L. Shaw

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 238 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy storage; rechargeable batteries; solid state electrolytes; lithium dendrites; battery safety; energy efficiency

Anti-inflammatory and Antioxidant Activities of Bioactive Compounds in Plants

edited by

Tanya I. Topouzova-Hristova

and

Dimitar Djilianov

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 226 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant secondary metabolites; polyphenols; flavonoids; anti-inflammatory activity; antioxidants; molecular pharmacology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products Chemistry)

Recent Progress in Advanced Microwave Absorption Materials: Synthesis, Structure and Application

edited by

Yi Hou

and Xiaolin Lan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 223 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced microwave absorption materials; new methods and design strategies; new preparation and characterization concepts; electromagnetic attenuation mechanism; intelligent/smart and multiple functions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Chemistry)

New Developments in Green Catalysis for Organic Synthesis

edited by

Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda

and

Suresh Maddila

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 223 | Submission Open

Keywords: green catalysis; organic synthesis; photocatalysis; metal-catalysis; bio-catalysis; organo-catalysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Chemistry)

Analysis of Natural Volatile Organic Compounds (NVOCs)

edited by

Igor Jerković

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 211 | Submission Open

Keywords: volatile organic compounds; essential oils; headspace; terpene; norisoporenoid and phenylpropane derivatives; aliphatic compounds; gas chromatography

(This special issue belongs to the Section Flavours and Fragrances)

Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) for Deep Removal of Emerging Pollutants, 2nd Edition

edited by Qiyu Lian

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 206 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging pollutants; advanced oxidation processes; photocatalysis; catalytic ozonation or ozonation; fenton-like catalysis; piezo-catalysis; electrochemical-catalysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Chemistry)

NMR Spectroscopy in Structural Biology and Drug Discovery Research

edited by

Marilisa Leone

Flavia Anna Mercurio

and

Marian Vincenzi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open

Keywords: solution-NMR; in cell-NMR; solid state-NMR; NMR screening (small molecules and peptides); fragment-based drug discovery; SAR by NMR; ligand-based approaches; target-based approaches; protein-ligand interactions; peptides as drugs; epitope mapping; 19F NMR; chemical shift mapping

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioorganic Chemistry)

Novel Metabolism-Related Biomarkers in Cancer

edited by

Maria de Fátima Monginho Baltazar

and

Julieta Alexandra Pereira Afonso

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer biomarkers; personalized medicine; metabolism; glucose; amino acid; glutamine; lipid; iron

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioorganic Chemistry)

Design and Synthesis of Antiviral Drugs Targeting Enzymes of Emerging RNA Viruses

edited by

Angela Corona

and

Antonio Lupia

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open

Keywords: antivirals; RNA viruses; viral replication; drug design; enzyme inhibitors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)

Sol-Gel Derived Nanostructured Materials with Innovative Characteristics and Diversified Applications, 2nd Edition

edited by

Mariana Emilia Ghica

and Andreia Romeiro

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerogels; nanocomposites; biomaterials; green; life-cycle assessment; functional; modelling; simulation; scale up

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Chemistry)

Nanomaterials for Clean Energy Applications

edited by Xiaokun Yang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 169 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials; clean energy technologies; hydrogen production; fuel cells; catalysts; carbon capture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Chemistry)

Food Chemistry in Europe, 2nd Edition

edited by

and

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 154 | Submission Open

Keywords: food chemistry; food process; food additives; food analysis; food safety; metabolomics; data analytics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Chemistry)

Recent Advances in Fluorescent Probes: Design, Synthesis, Properties and Application

edited by Zhaoyang Wang and Yancheng Wu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open

Keywords: fluorescent probes; fluorescent sensors; fluorescent analytical technology; chemical detection; biological detection; fluorescence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Photochemistry)

Advances in Computational Spectroscopy, 2nd Edition

edited by

Magdalena Sałdyka

and Małgorzata Biczysko

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open

Keywords: spectroscopy; computational spectroscopy in inorganic chemistry; computational spectroscopy in bioinorganic chemistry; computational spectroscopy in biological systems; molecular and supramolecular structure; crystal structure; molecular modelling; time-independent and time-dependent approaches; molecular dynamics; density functional theory (DFT); time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT); coupled cluster (CC) approaches and composite schemes; bottom-up and top-down semi-experimental approaches

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computational and Theoretical Chemistry)

Emerging Drug Targets: New Challenges for the Medicinal Chemist

edited by

Giovanni Ribaudo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open

Keywords: drug repurposing; drug repositioning; drug design; target validation; molecular modeling; interaction studies; organic synthesis; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)

Fabrication, Properties and Applications of Perovskite Solar Cells

edited by Wenxin Mao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open

Keywords: perovskite solar cells; 2D perovskites; stability; bandgap; photoluminescence; layered structure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Chemistry)

Featured Review Papers in Food Chemistry—2nd Edition

edited by

Fei Tao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: food analysis; food additives; food supplements; functional foods; physicochemical properties; agro-food wastes recycling; bioaccessibility and bioavailability; food stability; food security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Chemistry)

Terpenes and Their Derivatives: From Nature to Medical Applications

edited by

Linfu Liang

Anwar Rayan

and

Barbara De Filippis

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 117 | Submission Open

Keywords: terpenes; plants; animals; microbes; extraction technologies; structure elucidation; chemical synthesis and biosynthesis; biological investigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products Chemistry)

Green Chemistry in Portugal, 2nd Edition

edited by

Luísa Margarida Martins

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 116 | Submission Open

Keywords: minimize or eliminate the use of harmful substances; environmental protection; sustainable chemistry; green chemistry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Chemistry)

Study on Extraction and Chemical Constituents of Natural Extracts, 2nd Edition

edited by

Francesco Epifano

Salvatore Genovese

and

Serena Fiorito

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 116 | Submission Open

Keywords: pharmacological effects; extracts from plants; fungus; and other living organisms; chemical constituents; isolation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products Chemistry)

Innovations in Heterocyclic Chemistry: Synthesis, Characterization and Bioactivity

edited by Fernanda da Costa Santos Boechat, Maria Cecília B. V. De Souza,

Marcela Cristina de Moraes

and

Pedro Netto Batalha

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 116 | Submission Open

Keywords: heterocycles; synthesis; bioactivity; medicinal chemistry; structure-activity relationship (SAR); green chemistry; biochromatography; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)

Ligand-Based Design and Optimization of Antibacterial Agents: From Structure to Activity

edited by

Cleydson Breno Rodrigues dos Santos

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open

Keywords: ligand-based drug design (LBDD); antibacterial agents; quantitative structure– activity relationship (QSAR); pharmacophore modeling; virtual screening; cheminformatics; molecular optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)

Nanomaterials in Cancer Therapy: Synthesis, Mechanisms, and Applications—2nd Edition

edited by

Guangbao Yang

and

Dongdong Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanotechnology; inorganic nanoparticles; organic nanoparticles; nanomedicine; drug delivery; biomedical imaging; cancer therapy; theranostic

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanochemistry)

Biodegradation of Conventional and Emerging Pollutants, 2nd Edition

edited by

Łukasz Chrzanowski

and Tomas Cajthaml

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic pollutants; inorganic pollutants; environmental monitoring; bioremediation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Chemistry)

Molecular Spectroscopy and Computations of Solvation Phenomena of Bioorganic Molecules: New Insights and Applications

edited by

Teobald Kupka

and

Ioannis P. Gerothanassis

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioorganic molecules; solvation phenomena; spectroscopic methods; quantum chemical methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioorganic Chemistry)

A New Perspective on the Determination and Removal of Pollutants in the Environment, 2nd Edition

edited by

Urszula Kotowska

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic pollutants; toxic metals; wastewater; natural environment; determination methods; phytoremediation; adsorption; microplastic; toxicity; environmental risk

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Chemistry)

Advances in Trace Element Analysis: Techniques and Applications

edited by

Davide Spanu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: trace element analysis; speciation techniques; environmental monitoring; atomic spectrometry; mass spectrometry; chromatography; bioavailability; environmental impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Analytical Chemistry)

Novel Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Porous Photochromic Materials

edited by Junbiao Wu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: photochromism; porous materials; open-frameworks; inorganic– organic hybrid; electron transfer; light sensors; inkless printing; anticounterfeiting

(This special issue belongs to the Section Inorganic Chemistry)

Pharmacological Bioassays of Secondary Metabolites of Medicinal Plants

edited by

José L. Martínez

and

Luigi Milella

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: pharmacology of medicinal plants; pharmacology of natural products; medicinal plants; mechanisms of action (cardiovascular; nervous system; digestive; etc.); active principles in diseases (Parkinson's; cancer; ulcers; etc.); isolation and bioassays of medicinal plant extracts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products Chemistry)

Bee Product Chemistry: Identification and Characterization of Natural Compounds, 2nd Edition

edited by

Simona Sagona

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open

Keywords: honey; wax; bee pollen; venom; propolis; royal jelly; bee larvae

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products Chemistry)

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