Chemical Characteristics and Bioactivity of Plant Natural Products, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 March 2026 | Viewed by 19
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Interests: phytochemistry; medicinal plants; applied botany; bioactivity; antimicrobials, food microbiology; natural food preservatives
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Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to submit short communications, original articles, or review articles to a Special Issue of Plants entitled “Chemical Characteristics and Bioactivity of Plant Natural Products, 2nd Edition”.
Plants produce a diverse range of secondary (specialized) metabolites, which play various and specific roles in their metabolism. Some groups of metabolites are widely distributed in plants, while others have a more limited distribution within specific taxonomic groups (e.g., genera, families). Specialized metabolites generally play a crucial role within plants as defense agents against herbivores, insects, viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens. Some of them also play a specific role, especially in the context of ecological interactions, such as seed dispersal, allelopathic agents, and attractants for pollinators.
To date, researchers from various fields, including fundamental and applied sciences, as well as chemistry, botany, pharmacy, and the food industry, have shown interest in plant secondary metabolites. In recent decades, considerable attention has been devoted to the chemical analysis (extraction, isolation, and structure elucidation) of plant metabolites in the search for bioactive components. The study of plant natural products has stimulated the development of various techniques for the extraction, separation, and elucidation of the structure of specialized metabolites. As a result, thousands of new structures have been identified.
Due to their wide range of bioactivities, plants and their bioactive molecules are utilized as natural therapeutics, making significant contributions to the production of commercial drugs in the pharmaceutical industry and medicine.
The potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Diversity of natural compounds from plants;
- Chemistry, adaptive significance and role of specialized metabolites in plants;
- New trends in the isolation, identification, and characterization of natural plant constituents;
- Innovative strategies in the search for bioactive plant compounds;
- Plant metabolites as bioactive agents (antifungal, antibacterial, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiviral, anti-insect, etc.);
- Innovative approaches to natural plant products in food, pharmacy, medicine, and cosmetics.
Dr. Danka Bukvički
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- phytochemistry
- plant metabolites
- extraction
- isolation and structure elucidation
- bioactive plant compounds
- application of bioactive molecules
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