Morphological Features and Phytochemical Properties of Medicinal Plants, Third Edition
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 1442
Special Issue Editors
Interests: medicinal plants; plant morpho-anatomy; microscopy; plant extracts; ecological role and biological activity of secondary metabolites; chemotaxonomy; ethnobotany
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Interests: medicinal plants; plant morpho-anatomy; microscopy; plant extracts; ecological role and biological activity of secondary metabolites; chemotaxonomy; ethnobotany
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight the most recent results obtained in plant morphology and phytochemistry during recent years, encompassing anatomical, micromorphological, ultrastructural, morphometric, chemosystematic, and taxonomic studies on species at lower and higher taxonomic levels.
This Special Issue aims to collect works that contemplate morphological investigations, with a special emphasis on secretory structures (epidermal or tissue) in relation to the type of productivity in secondary metabolites. We expect works to be new, focusing on taxa never investigated before regarding morpho-anatomical or ultrastructural descriptions performed through light and electron microscopy, as well as phytochemical characterization or chemosystematic approach, including comparative HPLC-MS, GC-FID, GC-MS, NMR (and other) investigations. The proposal of histochemical investigations is also encouraged. Comparative studies on the distribution of secondary metabolites at the species level or within a lower or higher taxon (e.g., subspecies, genus, or family) or encompassing multiple accessions of each taxon within their distribution are particularly encouraged. We also welcome studies including morphometric or anatomical surveys that contribute to elucidating or clarifying taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships, accompanied by in-depth and rigorous research in the literature on secondary metabolite profiles. Studies that combine morphological and phytochemical analyses to identify adulteration or confounding differences between species will contribute to this issue.
For this purpose, we welcome you to submit original research articles, reviews, and short communications.
Additionally, this Special Issue welcomes ethnobotanical studies discussing similarities and differences in the use of edible, medicinal, and economic plants across different cultures and segments of society, since the morphological and phytochemical profiles of plants also shape their traditions of use.
Dr. Claudia Giuliani
Prof. Dr. Fico Gelsomina
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- morpho-anatomy
- microscopy
- secretory structures
- phytochemistry
- secondary metabolites
- chemosystematics
- taxonomy
- phylogenetic relationships
- ethnobotany
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