Sustainable Approaches and Strategies for Bioactive Natural Compounds
A special issue of Pharmaceuticals (ISSN 1424-8247). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 October 2025 | Viewed by 437
Special Issue Editors
2. SienabioACTIVE, University of Siena, Via Aldo Moro, 2, 53100 Siena, Italy
Interests: biochemistry; circular bioeconomy; rare diseases; system biology
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: biochemistry; circular bioeconomy; rare diseases; system biology; bioinformatics
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: biochemistry; circular bioeconomy; rare diseases; artificial intelligence; bioinformatics
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The growing demand for sustainability has driven research towards naturally derived compounds. This paradigm promotes the valorization of renewable biological resources, reducing waste and environmental impact while fostering innovative therapeutic solutions.
Advances in biochemistry and computational biology play a pivotal role in identifying, optimizing, and characterizing natural compounds. Biochemical approaches enable the elucidation of the molecular mechanisms underlying bioactivity, facilitating the rational design of enhanced bioactive molecules. Simultaneously, computational methods, including molecular docking, machine learning, and systems biology, accelerate the discovery and optimization of novel bioactive compounds, improving their efficacy and specificity.
This Special Issue aims to highlight interdisciplinary research integrating biochemical and computational strategies for the discovery of bioactive natural compounds. As the Guest Editor of this Special Issue, I invite researchers to contribute original research articles, reviews, mini-reviews, and perspective papers that showcase pioneering circular bioeconomy principles and cutting-edge scientific methodologies that contribute to the development of sustainable solutions.
Prof. Dr. Annalisa Santucci
Dr. Alfonso Trezza
Dr. Anna Visibelli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural compounds
- sustainability
- biochemical approaches
- computational biology
- molecular docking
- machine learning
- systems biology
- bioactive molecules
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