Diabetes Mellitus: Promising Molecules, Drug Modification, Formulations, and Therapy
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Drug Targeting and Design".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 September 2024) | Viewed by 6455
Special Issue Editor
Interests: pharmaceutical development; host-guest complexes; medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry; drug discovery; pharmacology; pharmaceutical formulation; toxicology; medicinal chemistry; biomedical materials
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Diabetes mellitus is a complex and heterogeneous disease that can affect people at different stages of life. This disease is characterized by an impairment of the carbohydrate, lipid, and protein metabolism. Among the three known types of diabetes mellitus, Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is the most common; it is often referred to as an epidemic affecting the developed countries of the world and is a noticeable disorder that manifests in the structure of metabolic syndrome. Despite the availability of various therapeutic agents in modern medicine, maintaining adequate levels of glycemic control is still a challenge. It requires improvements in pharmacotherapy by means of agents with new mechanisms of action and/or making improvements to existing drugs by creating innovative delivery systems.
Thus, this Special Issue aims to collect articles that are devoted to the study of the pharmacological properties of chemical compounds that have new, not yet applicable in medicine, mechanisms of hypoglycemic action. It also welcomes papers that attend to the creation of delivery systems and to other modifications made to drugs that are already available on the pharmaceutical market.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following:
- New therapy targets for T2DM treatment;
- Drug discovery and development for diabetes treatments;
- T2DM’s complications treatment;
- Drug delivery systems for diabetes treatments;
- Pharmaceutical formulation design for diabetes treatments.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Mikhail V. Khvostov
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Pharmaceutics is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2900 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- diabetes mellitus
- drug discovery
- antidiabetic drugs
- drug delivery system
- pharmaceutical formulation design
Benefits of Publishing in a Special Issue
- Ease of navigation: Grouping papers by topic helps scholars navigate broad scope journals more efficiently.
- Greater discoverability: Special Issues support the reach and impact of scientific research. Articles in Special Issues are more discoverable and cited more frequently.
- Expansion of research network: Special Issues facilitate connections among authors, fostering scientific collaborations.
- External promotion: Articles in Special Issues are often promoted through the journal's social media, increasing their visibility.
- e-Book format: Special Issues with more than 10 articles can be published as dedicated e-books, ensuring wide and rapid dissemination.
Further information on MDPI's Special Issue policies can be found here.
