Cutting-Edge Research on Plant-Derived Drugs
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2025) | Viewed by 1677
Special Issue Editor
Interests: natural product drug discovery; phytochemistry; liquid chromatography; essential oils; gas chromatography–mass spectrometry; solid phase extraction; high-performance liquid chromatography
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
New pharmacological strategies are necessary and urgent due to the increase in antimicrobial resistance (AMR), one of the fundamental challenges for human health. Since ancient times, secondary metabolites, extracted from terrestrial and marine organisms, have enabled, due to their particular structure, the discovery of useful mechanisms against pathogens and resistant organisms.
In this Special Issue entitled "Cutting-Edge Research on Plant-derived Drugs", we aim to showcase scientific advances in the discovery and development of bioactive agents obtained from secondary metabolites.
We invite original research articles, reviews, and brief communications that present advancements in the extraction techniques, isolation, identification, characterization, formulation, and biological evaluation of bioactive compounds from natural sources.
Dr. Natale Badalamenti
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- natural products
- NMR elucidation
- bioactivity-guided isolation
- extract activity
- biological properties
- novel formulation
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