Separation, Extraction and Purification of Natural Products

Dear Colleagues,

Natural products and their biological activities have been a hot topic in recent decades. Since side effects are more prevalent in synthetic medicines, the exploitation of natural products as alternative medicines has increasingly attracted interest owing to their safety in humans. Presently, natural products are also applied in various industries such as nanomaterials, garments, electricity, construction, etc.

Along with discovering more bioactive and novel compounds, the extraction and isolation techniques of natural products have achieved certain advancements. While conventional extraction and separation methods are time-consuming, laborious, and costly, advanced protocols are more efficient, convenient, and rapid. However, the current methods revolve around the small scale and do not satisfy applicability and sustainability at larger scales. Therefore, the discovery of novel methods and the development and improvement of the separation, extraction, and purification procedures of natural products are essential for future applications.

This Special Issue seeks to publish qualified studies focused on innovative methods, simplified processes, and highly applicable protocols in the separation, extraction, and purification procedures of natural products. We also welcome researchers and investigators to contribute their findings and reviews on the applicability and sustainability of natural compound extraction on the industrial scale. In particular, studies on the separation and isolation of anti-coronavirus and anti-SARS-CoV-2 compounds from natural sources are highly sought after in this issue.

Dr. Nguyen Van Quan
Dr. Tran Dang Xuan
Guest Editors

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