Plant-Derived Natural Products: Extraction Methods, Chemistry and Bioactivities
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 4684
Special Issue Editors
Interests: medicinal chemistry; computational chemistry; 3D-QSAR; machine learning; drug design; extraction of natural compounds; essential oil
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Interests: natural compounds; essential oils and plant extracts; extraction methods and structure elucidation; factors affecting essential oil yield and composition; biological activities research into natural products; influence of secondary metabolites on ecological interactions; medicinal and aromatic plants; pharmacognosy, phytotherapy and ethnobotany
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Natural products, regardless of whether broadly or narrowly defined, represent a rich source of therapeutic agents used in both traditional and modern medicine to treat disease or maintain health. Characterized by great chemical diversity and often unique biological activities, these naturally occurring compounds and their structural analogs have made significant contributions to pharmacotherapy.
A growing body of research worldwide highlights the continuing importance of plant-derived metabolites which remain critical to drug discovery and development, providing an abundance of bioactive molecules with diverse properties. In addition, recent scientifically supported evidence has allowed nutraceuticals to emerge as being potentially effective, leading the food industry to become a research-driven sector. However, there is a need for new types of extraction and analytical approaches that open up a wide range of research opportunities.
With a broad scope, this Special Issue welcomes original research papers and review articles on bioactive compounds of plant origin, extraction methods and structure elucidation. The main focus is on various plant extracts and essential oils, including extracts from plant-based food products or even isolated compounds. Of particular interest are new aspects of analysis, chemical characterization and advances in extraction methods, as well as machine learning or artificial intelligence algorithms to study the composition–bioactivity correlation.
Prof. Dr. Rino Ragno
Dr. Mijat Božović
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural products
- plant extracts
- essential oils
- nutraceuticals
- chemical analysis
- extraction methods
- bioactivities
- machine learning
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