Natural Bioactive Compounds from Plants: Progress in Phytochemistry, Computational Approaches and Biomedical Applications
A special issue of Pharmaceuticals (ISSN 1424-8247). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 25
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Interests: pharmacognosy; botany; medicinal chemistry; patents in plants; chronic diseases
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Interests: medicinal chemistry; cardiovascular diseases; pharmacology; cheminformatics
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Interests: natural products; cheminformatics; network pharmacology; fingerprints
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Natural bioactive compounds have been used for centuries in the management of human diseases. Natural products from plants continue to represent a cornerstone in drug discovery and development, offering a vast and chemically diverse reservoir of novel therapeutic agents. A substantial body of preclinical, clinical and computational evidence highlights the therapeutic potential of natural products from plants in the prevention and treatment of several human conditions.
This Special Issue invites innovative and high-quality contributions exploring standardized medicinal plant extracts and natural products as sources of bioactive compounds with biomedical applications. We welcome original research articles and comprehensive reviews addressing phytochemicals with biological activities, the biochemical and molecular mechanisms underlying their therapeutic effects and computational approaches.
Submissions incorporating comprehensive insights into the biomedical potential of natural products and supporting their translation into effective and safe therapeutic strategies are strongly encouraged.
Dr. Maira Huerta-Reyes
Dr. Gil Alfonso Magos-Guerrero
Dr. Oscar Barrera-Vázquez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural products
- medicinal plants
- biomedical
- computational
- in silico
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