Natural Products for Anticancer, Anti-Inflammatory and Antimicrobial Therapies
A special issue of Pharmaceuticals (ISSN 1424-8247). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 December 2025 | Viewed by 234
Special Issue Editors
Interests: natural products; active pharmaceutical ingredients; anticancer; anti-inflammatory; pharmaceutical formulations
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Interests: medicinal plants; biological activities; antibiofilm; bioactive compounds
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Interests: effectiveness and safety of natural products; herbal-drug interactions; pediatric clinical pharmacology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cancer, chronic inflammation, and microbial resistance remain among the most pressing global health challenges. The limitations of conventional therapies have prompted research groups worldwide to explore novel therapeutic strategies to address these issues. In this context, natural products offer an attractive alternative due to their structural diversity, multi-targeted actions, and favorable safety profiles. Moreover, emerging trends in natural product research—artificial intelligence, virtual screening, and molecular docking—are revolutionizing the paradigm for discovering new active compounds. These tools, combined with omics approaches and the exploration of understudied ecosystems, are facilitating the development and design of more precise and sustainable drugs with greater potential to overcome current challenges.
This Special Issue welcomes original research articles focused on the analysis of the anticancer, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial properties of natural extracts, isolated compounds, or formulated products, and their mechanisms of action. Studies involving in vitro and in vivo evaluations, or clinical trials, are encouraged. By bringing together interdisciplinary perspectives, this collection seeks to drive innovation and deepen the understanding of natural products in the development of therapies for cancer, inflammation, and infectious diseases.
Prof. Dr. Heriberto Torres-Moreno
Prof. Dr. Julio César López-Romero
Dr. Elena Y. Enioutina
Dr. Max Vidal Gutiérrez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural products
- anticancer
- anti-inflammatory
- antimicrobial
- pharmacy
- pharmacology
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