Heterocyclic Chemistry in Modern Drug Development
A special issue of Pharmaceuticals (ISSN 1424-8247). This special issue belongs to the section "Medicinal Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 118
Special Issue Editors
2. Biotechnology Centre, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Interests: medicinal chemistry; carbohydrate chemistry; glycoconjugates; organosulfur compounds; anticancer compounds; enzyme inhibitors
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2. Biotechnology Centre, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Interests: cell biology; cancer cells; cell signaling; oxidative stress; cytotoxicity
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to present a Special Issue exploring heterocyclic compounds in advancing medicinal chemistry and drug development.
Heterocyclic chemistry, focusing on cyclic compounds with at least one heteroatom, plays a pivotal role in modern drug discovery and development. Heterocyclic compounds offer unique structural diversity, electronic properties, and hydrogen-bonding capabilities. Heterocyclic compounds are essential for designing bioactive molecules, with applications including structural diversity and pharmacophores, target engagement and mechanism of action, pharmacokinetic optimization, emerging paradigms in drug design, and synthetic innovations.
Heterocyclic chemistry is bridging synthetic creativity with biological insight to address unmet medical needs. Ongoing integration with computational modeling and green chemistry principles will further expand its impact on drug development.
Your contributions will enrich our understanding of this rapidly progressing domain, fostering innovative breakthroughs through collaborative knowledge exchange.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or need further information. We look forward to reviewing your research in this critical field.
Dr. Anna Kasprzycka
Dr. Magdalena Skonieczna
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- heterocycles
- drug design
- drug development
- green synthesis
- organic synthesis
- synthetic biology
- enzyme inhibitors
- medicinal chemistry
- cell biology
- in vitro assay
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