Pharmaceuticals for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
A special issue of Pharmaceuticals (ISSN 1424-8247). This special issue belongs to the section "Pharmacology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 1202
Special Issue Editor
Interests: pharmaceutical chemistry; drug discovery; medicinal plants; inflammatory bowel disease; cancer; diabetes
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Dear Colleagues,
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic and debilitating inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. It comprises Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis. IBD affects industrialized countries. The causes of IBD are not well established. However, its pathogenesis has been linked to genetics, microbiome, environment, and lifestyle. The clinical symptoms include loss of appetite, weight loss, severe abdominal cramps, constant diarrhea, and rectal bleeding. There is no cure for IBD, and the existing treatments, which are used for the induction and maintenance of IBD remission, are expensive and come with unwanted side effects. As a result, this comes with huge social, economic, and health burdens for people and countries. In their desperate searches for a cure, patients with IBD have been using herbal medicines, helminth therapy, and fecal microbiota transplant with limited success. There is a need for novel and effective treatments. Treatments can be developed from natural products or synthetically in laboratories. This Special Issue is dedicated to bringing in treatment perspectives from IBD clinicians, researchers, and patients.
Dr. Phurpa Wangchuk
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- inflammatory bowel disease
- IBD symptoms
- IBD pathogenesis
- IBD treatments
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