Applications of Plant Physiology and Pharmacognosy in the Production of Bioactive Compounds
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 549
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant cell tissue and organ culture; medicinal and aromatic plants; conservation; secondary metabolites production; pharmacognosy; plant physiology; plant growth regulators
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: medicinal plants; secondary metabolites production; natural products for cancer treatment
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to present the forthcoming Special Issue of the Plants journal entitled “Applications of Plant Physiology and Pharmacognosy in the Production of Bioactive Compounds”.
Over the centuries, despite traditional knowledge and up-to-date pharmacology research, the plant kingdom still remains one of the most widely utilized yet largely unstudied sources of active ingredients for sustaining human health. Starting with one of the oldest examples of aspirin discovery, utilizing antimalarial artemisinin, the application of numerous plant-derived pharmaceuticals, such as cardiac glycosides, cytostatics, spasmolytics, pain relief medication, etc., still remains irreplaceable in medicine.
Secondary metabolites are the biochemical tool of plant adaptation and survival and are produced in strong dependence on the fluctuating factors of the environment. They serve vital functions such as growth and development orchestration, the determent of herbivores, pollinator attraction, the induction of pathogen resistance and oxidative stress alleviation, amongst many other factors. Understanding the complexity and interplay between all these processes is the key to the successful production of plant-derived secondary metabolites through conventional breeding and biotechnological techniques. This knowledge is supported by the tools of plant physiology. On the other hand, pharmacognosy is the science of bringing together the knowledge of plant secondary metabolites production and accumulation in relation to species taxonomy and distribution, as well as the study of certain morphological features related to the production, accumulation and translocation of secondary metabolites within the plant organism. These two sciences bring together the knowledge of both the origin and functional understanding of plant-derived biologically active compounds.
We invite contributors of the many aspects of plant science to share their research in this journal. The Special Issue is an opportunity for researchers involved in the elucidation of biological activity, origin, structure and function related to bioactive plant-derived metabolites to present their work.
Dr. Kalina Danova
Dr. Elena N. Stoyanova
Guest Editors
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. Plants is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly 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 2700 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
- medicinal and aromatic plants
- biologically active plant metabolites
- factors affecting plant bioactive metabolites production and accumulation
- physiological role of primary and secondary metabolites in the plant organism
- pharmacognostic knowledge of medicinal and aromatic plants
- pharmacological activity of plant secondary metabolites
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.
- Reprint: MDPI Books provides the opportunity to republish successful Special Issues in book format, both online and in print.
Further information on MDPI's Special Issue policies can be found here.
