Separation, Extraction and Purification of Natural Products from Plants

Dear Colleagues,

Natural products include a large and diverse group of substances from various natural sources such as plants, bacteria, fungi, insects, arachnids, marine organisms and higher-order animals. Natural products have a long history of use as drugs, drug precursors and/or complementary health adjuvants. Most Chinese medicines and other traditional medicines are natural products.

Natural products are usually prepared through a series of processes such as extraction, precipitation and adsorption. Traditional natural product extraction and isolation techniques are time-consuming and expensive. It is particularly important to develop and improve the separation and extraction technology of natural products.

This Special Issue "Separation, Extraction and Purification of Natural Products from Plants" provides an opportunity to publish high-quality multidisciplinary research and reviews related to various aspects of natural product preparation methods, isolation, extraction and purification.

Dr. Xingchu Gong
Guest Editor

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