Natural Products in Plants: Isolation, Chemical Analysis and Bioactivity Evaluation
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 7149
Special Issue Editors
Interests: phytochemistry; organic chemistry; biochemistry; analytical chemistry; environmental engineering; materials engineering; chemical engineering
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Dear Colleagues,
The immense advantage offered by perfume, aromatic and medicinal plants (PAMP) is that given the large number and great diversity of species made available in the flora as well as the great variety of chemical products that they contain, we are faced with an infinite number of natural chemical combinations that no chemical synthesis strategy in the laboratory can equal. In addition, the chemical constituents and their contents vary according to the part of the plant, the soil in which it grows, the moment of picking, the methods of drying, the conservation method, and the mode of extraction. The Mediterranean region, renowned for its specific climate, has a very diversified specific floristic richness that is not fully exploited today. This diversity, accentuated by the existence of spontaneous endemic species, constitutes a huge wealth of resources, provided, however, that the exploitation project is integrated into the local economic context.
This Special Issue aims to expand current knowledge related to natural products in Mediterranean plants, including isolation, chemical analysis and bioactivity assessment. It also offers an interdisciplinary platform for researchers from various backgrounds to communicate their latest scientific studies in the field of the isolation, characterization and biological activity of complex natural mixtures and pure components from the secondary metabolites of perfume aromatic and medicinal plants of the Mediterranean region. Innovative research on technologies and methodological approaches with PAMP is encouraged.
Prof. Dr. Lhou Majidi
Prof. Dr. Jean Costa
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Mediterranean plants
- perfume aromatic and medicinal plants
- isolation methodologies
- chemical analysis
- secondary metabolites
- bioactivity
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