Production and Biomedical Applications of Bioactive Compounds

Dear Colleagues,

Bioactive compounds are those produced by natural sources, such as plants, microorganisms, and animals. Many of these compounds, including phenylpropanoids, isoprenoids, alkaloids, sulfated compounds, peptides, polysaccharides, resveratrol, curcumin, and bilirubin, have proven effective against various human diseases due to their pharmacological or biological activities, such as anticancer, antioxidant, antifungal, antibacterial, antidysenteric, anti-inflammatory, antiulcer, antihypertensive, and anticoagulative activities. The use of nanotechnology can improve the biological delivery of natural compounds that have documented therapeutic potential. In particular, the incorporation of natural compounds into nanoparticles can increase their bioavailability, improve targeting to the desired tissues or receptors, and enable the controlled release of compounds over extended times.

The Special Issue will focus on bioactive compounds and their biomedical applications, including following aspects:

1. Bioactive compound identification using metabolomics tools (chromatographic and mass spectroscopic).
2. Bioactive compounds against pharmacological activities (antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal, anticancer, antidiabetic activity, and antiviral, etc.).
3. Use of nanotechnology to improve the biological delivery of natural compounds.
4. Biomedical applications of nanoparticles.

Dr. Muthu Thiruvengadam
Guest Editor

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