Extraction, Isolation and Characterization of Bioactive Compounds from Plants
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 52
Special Issue Editors
Interests: organic and medicinal chemistry; phytochemistry; structural characterization; enzymology; biological activity of secondary metabolites of plants
Interests: organic chemistry; structural characterization; phytochemistry; biological activity of secondary metabolites of plants; lichens and mushrooms
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The collective experience gained throughout human history and modern science show that bioactive compounds extracted from plants offer untapped opportunities for the discovery of bioactive metabolites involving new chemical entities and drug-active pharmaceuticals. The identification of these components and the determination of their health benefits are extremely attractive scientific research pursuits. Even though drug discovery from medicinal plants remains an important source of novel therapeutic leads, various hurdles exist, including the continuous search for convenient extraction methods, the development and execute on of suitable high-throughput screening bioassays, the scaling up of the supply of bioactive molecules, and the acquisition of plant materials. Moreover, with the development of novel molecular targets such as those based on proteins, there is an increasing demand for new chemical diversification in screening.
This Special Issue of Plants, highlighting the function, evolution, and diversity of secondary metabolites, will be focused on the latest developments in high-throughput and efficient analytical approaches, which have enabled the identification of plant-derived compounds, the establishment of new protocols for the assessment of biological activity, and the development of methods for the extraction, isolation, and structural characterization of new bioactive components with nutraceutical and pharmaceutical potential.
Dr. Jelena Lazarević
Dr. Gordana Stojanovic
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant secondary metabolites
- terpenoids
- flavonoids and allied phenolic and polyphenolic compounds
- nitrogen- and sulphur-containing compounds
- analytical strategies for bioactive compound identification and quantification
- in vivo and in vitro bioactivity of compounds from plant sources
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