Biotechnological Advances in Plant-Based Pharmaceuticals
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 54
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant biotechnology; phytopharmaceuticals; molecular pharmaceutics; small RNA profiling; nanocarriers for the delivery of biomolecules
Interests: biotechnology; natural products; plant sciences; amaryllidaceae
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plants have long been a source of valuable bioactive compounds for humans, and with the advent of biotechnology, this resource has been enriched in ways that continue to amaze us today and will undoubtedly continue to do so for a long time.
This special issue of Plants focuses on recent innovations that leverage biotechnological tools to drive the discovery and production of promising drugs or compounds for this sector, including recombinant proteins.
We highlight cutting-edge approaches such as metabolic engineering, synthetic biology, and plant cell and tissue culture systems, which improve the yield and consistency of pharmaceutically relevant compounds.
Special attention is also paid to omics-based strategies—including genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and epigenomics—as well as the use of artificial intelligence for the identification and functional characterization of specialized plant metabolites.
This special issue seeks to promote sustainable, efficient, and innovative solutions for the development of plant-derived pharmaceuticals.
Dr. Diego Hidalgo-Martinez
Dr. Luciana R. Tallini
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biotechnology
- metabolic engineering
- synthetic biology
- plant cell
- tissue culture
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