Botanical, Chemical, Pharmacological, and Potential Health Benefits of Plants
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2026) | Viewed by 990
Editors
Interests: antioxidant assays; biological activities; botany; natural product chemistry; medicinal plants; morpho-anatomy; phytotherapy; quality control
Interests: biological activities; biostatistics; chemistry; natural product chemistry; pharmacology; quality control; repellents
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plants remain an inexhaustible source of natural products with significant implications for human health and therapeutic innovation. This Special Issue highlights recent advances in botany, phytochemistry, nutraceuticals, and pharmacology. Rigorous botanical studies provide the taxonomic and ecological foundations necessary to identify and conserve species of interest, while cutting-edge phytochemical analyses reveal structurally diverse metabolites with promising therapeutic potential. Investigations into biological activities, such as anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antimicrobial, and nutraceutical properties, are particularly welcome, especially those elucidating mechanisms that demonstrate benefits to human health and well-being.
Equally important is the implementation of robust quality-control strategies to ensure that natural products meet reproducible standards of safety, efficacy, and botanical and chemical consistency, thereby promoting regulatory acceptance and public confidence.
Collectively, these studies illustrate how research on natural products can inspire new drug leads, functional foods, and evidence-based nutraceuticals, while promoting accurate botanical identification. We invite authors to submit their high-quality research to this Special Issue that seeks to bridge traditional knowledge with contemporary science and highlight the multifaceted chemical and pharmacological potential of plants and their role in advancing global health.
Dr. Lorene Armstrong
Dr. Douglas Siqueira de Almeida Chaves
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biological activities
- botany
- phytochemistry
- quality control
- natural product investigations
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