Steroid Derivatives: Design and Pharmaceutical Application
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Biologics and Biosimilars".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 April 2025) | Viewed by 4769
Special Issue Editors
Interests: organic synthesis; chemical transformations of steroid hormones and bile acids
Interests: organic synthesis; chemical transformations of steroid hormones; medicinal chemistry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to the new Special Issue of Pharmaceutics entitled “Steroid Derivatives: Design and Pharmaceutical Application”. Since their discovery in the early 20th century, steroids have become one of the most widely used classes of drugs in medicine. This is due to their wide range of bioactivities, from the hormonal and antitumor to the anti-inflammatory, antiparasitic, antimicrobial, etc. At present, steroids continue to trigger scientific curiosity, and they remain one of the major subjects of medicinal chemistry and pharmacology research.
This Special Issue aims to gather the latest advancements, perspectives, and trends in natural steroids and their synthetic derivatives, particularly in both experimental and theoretical studies in medicinal chemistry, structural biology, pharmacology, pharmaceutical formulation, drug delivery, and pharmacokinetics, as well as interdisciplinary research.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following:
- Design and synthesis of novel steroidal compounds;
- Bioactivity of natural and semi-synthetic steroids;
- Pharmacology and toxicology of steroidal derivatives;
- Drug delivery of steroids;
- New pharmaceutical applications of steroids;
- New in silico methods for analysis of potential steroid applications.
We look forward to receiving your contributions to this Special Issue entitled “Steroid Derivatives: Design and Pharmaceutical Application”.
Prof. Dr. Marija Sakač
Dr. Ivana Z. Kuzminac
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- semi-synthetic steroid compounds
- bioactive steroids
- drug design
- medicinal chemistry of steroids
- pharmacology and toxicology
- structure elucidation
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