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Extraction and Analysis of New Bioactive Compounds Derived from Natural Products, 2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 5263 | Submission Open
Keywords: phytochemicals; natural products; traditional medicine; liquid– liquid extraction; hydro distillation and steam distillation; solid-phase extraction; Soxhlet extraction; pressurized liquid extraction; supercritical fluid extraction; ultrasound-assisted extraction; microwave-assisted extraction; enzyme-assisted extraction; pulsed electric field extraction; HPLC; HPLC-MS; GC-MS; NMR; IR; in vitro assay; in vivo assay; antioxidant; anti-inflammatory; antimicrobial; antitumoral activity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products Chemistry)
Natural Products in Anticancer Activity: 2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4777 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural products; anticancer; drug; nature; molecule
(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products Chemistry)
Energy Storage Materials: Synthesis and Application
edited by Yuanyuan Ma
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4760 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy storage; inorganic material; organic material; sol– gel method; hydrothermal; coprecipitation method; lithium-ion battery; lithium– sulfur battery; air battery; supercapacitor; aqueous battery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Chemistry)
Organic and Inorganic Luminescent Materials, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4698 | Submission Open
Keywords: luminescent materials; molecular design; luminescent mechanisms and processes; luminescent devices; display; lighting; detection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Photochemistry)
Green Chemistry Approaches to Analysis and Environmental Remediation
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4304 | Submission Open
Keywords: chromatography; mass spectrometry; extraction; green analytical chemistry; emerging contaminants
(This special issue belongs to the Section Analytical Chemistry)
Natural Products: Extraction, Analysis and Biological Activities
edited by and Łukasz Paprotny
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4208 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant products; secondary metabolites; extraction; analysis; quality of natural products; biological activity; health-promoting properties; agricultural waste
(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products Chemistry)
New Insight in Catalysis and Electrocatalysis for CO2 Conversion submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4179 | Submission Open
Keywords: CO2; fine chemicals; bulk chemicals; catalysis; electrocatalysis; surfaces
(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Chemistry)
Innovative Analytical Techniques in Food Chemistry
edited by , and Ying Gu
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4094 | Submission Open
Keywords: sensor; biosensor; food safety; advanced functional material; dual-mode; visualization; array sensor; paper-based sensor
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Chemistry)
Exclusive Feature Papers in Physical Chemistry, 3nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 3935 | Submission Open
Keywords: catalysis; energy electrochemistry; kinetic; interface chemistry; biophysical chemistry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Chemistry)
Discovery of Antibacterial Drugs
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3848 | Submission Open
Keywords: antibacterial effect; antibiotics; drug discovery; natural compounds; pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic characteristics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
Anti-inflammatory Activities of Natural Products—Third Edition submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3766 | Submission Open
Keywords: inflammation; anti-inflammatory; natural products; pharmacology; plant; marine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products Chemistry)
Novel Functional Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications
edited by Haoyan Cheng and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3449 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanomaterials; biomedicine; synthesis; characterization; applications; fabrication; optical properties; electrical properties; magnetic properties; mechanical properties; nanoscience; nanotechnology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Chemistry)
Anticancer Natural Products
edited by Zongtao Tom Lin
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3275 | Submission Open
Keywords: anticancer; drug discovery; chemical biology; natural products; analytical methods; bioactive compounds; cancer therapy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products Chemistry)
Chemical Biology of Antimicrobial Resistance, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3233 | Submission Open
Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; resistance mechanism; antibiotics; diagnostics; new mode of action; antibiotic target; structure– activity relationship; molecular probe
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cross-Field Chemistry)
Recent Advances in Adsorbents for Environmental Pollution and Resource Recycling
edited by Wei Wang and Lang Yang
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3230 | Submission Open
Keywords: adsorption; molecular structure design; environmental pollution; metal enrichment extraction; resource recycling; adsorbent preparation and synthesis; wastewater treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Chemistry)
Photocatalytic Materials and Photocatalytic Reactions, 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3042 | Submission Open
Keywords: photocatalysts; carbon neutral; charge carrier separation; photocatalytic mechanism; photoredox reaction; nanocomposites
(This special issue belongs to the Section Photochemistry)
Enhanced Bioapplications of Biomolecules Mediated by Nanomaterials
edited by and Donghong Yu
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3011 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanofunctional materials; biomolecular recognition; molecular probes; biosensors; micro/nano chips; organic optoelectronic materials; bioenergy materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
Novel Inhibitors: Design, Synthesis, Biological Activities and Modelling Studies submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2963 | Submission Open
Keywords: drug design; medicinal chemistry; organic synthesis; total synthesis; multi-drug resistance; biological activity; anticancer; heterocyclic compounds; cytotoxicity; structure– activity relationship; molecular modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
Advanced Materials for Environmental Remediation: Design and Applications
edited by Meijuan Chen and Yuru Wang
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2883 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced materials; environmental remediation; nanomaterials; biomaterials; porous materials; composites; water purification; air purification; soil remediation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Chemistry)
Catalytic Approaches in Flow Chemistry submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2760 | Submission Open
Keywords: organocatalysis in continuous flow; flow chemistry for the preparation of APIs; green technologies in organic synthesis; green chemistry; organic synthesis; heterogeneous catalysis; scale-up
(This special issue belongs to the Section Organic Chemistry)
Materials for Emerging Electrochemical Devices—2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2697 | Submission Open
Keywords: solid-state devices; batteries; electrochromic devices; smart windows; electrochemical devices
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Chemistry)
Polymeric Liquid Crystals and Applications, 2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2691 | Submission Open
Keywords: phases; structures and ordering; self-assembly; colloids; instabilities; pattern formation and chaos; fibers; biological and bio-inspired liquid crystals; polymer-liquid crystal blends; conductive liquid crystals; switchable polymers; nanostructured systems; supramolecules; polymers; elastomers and gels; photosensitive liquid crystals; confined liquid crystals; molecular design; synthesis and new materials; sensors; actuators; O-LED and polymer LCD devices; conducting polymer liquid crystals; biopolymer liquid crystals; drug delivery; mathematical modelling; novel applications of liquid crystalline systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Chemistry)
Advances in the Recycling of Industrial Waste: Critical Minerals in the Clean Energy Transition
edited by María Isabel Martín Hernández and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2654 | Submission Open
Keywords: waste material recycling; metal removal; metal recovery; critical metal separation; hydrometallurgical processes; pyrometallurgical process; urban mining
(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Chemistry)
Fundamental Concepts and Recent Developments in Chemical Bonding
edited by Hajime Hirao
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2470 | Submission Open
Keywords: conventional bonding; unconventional bonding; valence bond theory; molecular orbital theory; energy decomposition analysis; spin; aromaticity; nonbonded interactions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cross-Field Chemistry)
Exploring Analytical Techniques in Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2228 | Submission Open
Keywords: pharmaceutical analysis; biomedical analysis; chromatographic analysis; spectroscopic analysis; mass spectrometry analysis; capillary electrophoresis; electrochemical analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
Recent Advances in Chromatography for Bioanalytical Applications submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2127 | Submission Open
Keywords: chromatography; mass spectrometry; sample preparation; automated techniques; green analytical chemistry; bioanalysis; toxicology; doping control; food chemistry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Analytical Chemistry)
Advancements in Analytical Chemistry for the Analysis and Detection of Food and Environment
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1931 | Submission Open
Keywords: analytical chemistry; food analysis; environmental analysis; innovative qualitative/quantitative detection techniques; trace analysis; food quality/safety; environmental protection/management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Analytical Chemistry)
Functional Nanomaterials and Their Applications in the Environment Remediation
edited by and Muhammad Irfan
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1710 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanoremediation; environmental cleanup; pollutant removal; sustainable nanomaterials; heavy metal remediation; organic pollutant degradation; nano-ecotoxicology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Chemistry)
Exploring the Applications of Chromatographic Methods in Material Analysis
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1575 | Submission Open
Keywords: surface energy; adsorption; Lewis’ s acid– base parameters; materials and nanomaterials; biomaterials; drugs; pharmaceuticals; carbon fibers; oxides; metals; polymers; copolymers; composites; crystals; plasticizers; explosives; nanoenergetic materials; technology; thermodynamics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Chemistry)
The Impact of Metal Complexes with Active Small Molecules in Biological Systems submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1470 | Submission Open
Keywords: metal complexes; active small molecules; biological systems; signaling and regulatory functions; DNA-targeted therapy; new drugs and therapies; cellular therapeutics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Inorganic Chemistry)
Nanotechnology Landscape in Modern Medicine
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1426 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanotechnology; nanomedicine; healthcare; nanomaterials and nanostructures; nanoparticles; drug delivery systems; regenerative medicine; biosensing and monitoring; imaging and dignosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Chemistry)
Chemistry of Nucleic Acids: From Structure to Biological Interactions
edited by and Federica D'Aria
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1391 | Submission Open
Keywords: nucleic acid structures and function; modified nucleic acids; nucleic acid-targeting ligands; physicochemical studies of nucleic acids; thermodynamics and kinetics of nucleic acid structures; structure– function relationship of nucleic acids; nucleic acid– protein interactions; aptamers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Biology)
Natural Products for the Treatment of Diabetes and Obesity II
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1375 | 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)
Preparation and Application of Novel Perovskite Catalysts
edited by Baofang Jin
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1326 | Submission Open
Keywords: perovskite-type oxides; doping; high performance; remarkable resistance; thermal stability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Chemistry)
Metabolites from Algae: Discovery, Identification and Multifaceted Applications submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1284 | 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)
Application of Analytical Chemistry in Food Science submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1224 | Submission Open
Keywords: analytical chemistry; food safety; food authenticity; food contaminants; spectroscopic methods; chromatographic techniques; advanced sample preparation; sustainability in food analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Chemistry)
Density Functional Theory: From Fundamentals to Applications
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1155 | Submission Open
Keywords: DFT; theoretical and computational chemistry; new functional materials; surface modification; structural optimization; electronic proprieties; chemical bond; structure; and reactivity; gas sensing; adsorption and desorption; nanomaterials and nanotechnology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computational and Theoretical Chemistry)
Discovery of New Natural Derived Compounds and Mechanisms for Chronic Diseases Therapy
edited by and Marianela Saldías
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1142 | Submission Open
Keywords: cancer therapies; natural products; biomolecular recognition; coordination chemistry; targeted drug delivery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products Chemistry)
Chemical Composition and Bioactivities of Essential Oils, 3rd Edition submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1138 | 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)
Challenges and Future Directions in Toxic Activity and Antimicrobial Application of Plant and Food Extracts submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1109 | 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)
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
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1062 | Submission Open
Keywords: solid-state NMR; NMR; zeolites; ordered carbon nanostructures; MOFs; mathematics in crystallography
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Chemistry)
The Design, Synthesis, and Biological Activity of New Drug Candidates, 2nd Edition
edited by Carolina S. Marques, and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1062 | Submission Open
Keywords: bioactive; in silico; in vitro; in vivo; ADMET; synthesis; privilege scaffold; active pharmaceutical ingredients
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
Macromolecular Chemistry in Europe, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1046 | Submission Open
Keywords: macromolecules; synthesis and polymerization; polymer architectures; properties and structure; functional materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Macromolecular Chemistry)
New Insights into Bioactive Compounds from Natural Sources—Second Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 994 | 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)
Therapeutic Agents for Neurodegenerative Disorders—2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 933 | 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)
Advances in Computational Spectroscopy, 2nd Edition
edited by and Małgorzata Biczysko
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 660 | 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)
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 597 | Submission Open
Keywords: plants; foods; bioactive compounds; structural characterization; therapeutic effects; application
(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products Chemistry)
Chemistry and Applications of Compounds Containing Quinoline or Isoquinoline Structure submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 512 | Submission Open
Keywords: quinoline; isoquinoline; synthesis; molecular structure; alkaloids; fluorescence; green chemistry; crystal structure; structure– activity relationship; antitumor agents
(This special issue belongs to the Section Organic Chemistry)
Bioactive Compounds against Parasites, Bacteria and Related Diseases—Third Edition submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 502 | 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)
Anti-inflammatory and Antioxidant Activities of Bioactive Compounds in Plants submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 501 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant secondary metabolites; polyphenols; flavonoids; anti-inflammatory activity; antioxidants; molecular pharmacology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products Chemistry)
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