Molecules Best Paper Award 2013

Molecules has started to institute a “Best Paper” award to recognize the most outstanding papers in the area of natural products, medicinal chemistry and molecular diversity published in Molecules. We are pleased to announce the second “Molecules Best Paper Award” for 2013. Candidates were chosen by the Editor-in-Chief and selected editorial board members from among all the papers published in 2009. Reviews and research papers were evaluated separately. We are pleased to announce that the following five papers have won the Molecules Best Paper Award in 2013:

Article Award:

1^st Prize

Thomas J. Schmidt, Amal M. M. Nour, Sami A. Khalid, Marcel Kaiser and Reto Brun

Quantitative Structure—Antiprotozoal Activity Relationships of Sesquiterpene Lactones

Molecules 2009, 14(6), 2062–2076; doi:10.3390/molecules14062062

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/14/6/2062

2^nd Prize

Sebastian Jäger, Holger Trojan, Thomas Kopp, Melanie N. Laszczyk and Armin Scheffler

Pentacyclic Triterpene Distribution in Various Plants—Rich Sources for a New Group of Multi-Potent Plant Extracts

Molecules 2009, 14(6), 2016–2031; doi:10.3390/molecules14062016

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/14/6/2016

3^nd Prize

Linghua Meng, Yves F. Lozano, Emile M. Gaydou and Bin Li

Antioxidant Activities of Polyphenols Extracted from Perilla frutescens Varieties

Molecules 2009, 14(1), 133–140; doi:10.3390/molecules14010133

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/14/1/133

Review Award:

1^st Prize

Barbara Vu, Miao Chen, Russell J. Crawford and Elena P. Ivanova

Bacterial Extracellular Polysaccharides Involved in Biofilm Formation

Molecules 2009, 14(7), 2535–2554; doi:10.3390/molecules14072535

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/14/7/2535

2^nd Prize

Ichiro Minami

Ionic Liquids in Tribology Bacterial

Molecules 2009, 14(6), 2286–2305; doi:10.3390/molecules14062286

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/14/6/2286

The prize awarding committee merits the article “Quantitative Structure—Antiprotozoal Activity Relationships of Sesquiterpene Lactones” as “…they did not overstate the case for the compounds as antiparasitics, they tested a nice selection of sesquiterpene lactones and tested multiple parasites…”. The article “Pentacyclic Triterpene Distribution in Various Plants—Rich Sources for a New Group of Multi-Potent Plant Extracts” was “…a well written paper describing in depth work on the heretofore neglected pentacyclic triterpenes and their biological activities…”. The review “Bacterial Extracellular Polysaccharides Involved in Biofilm Formation” provided “…a timely review on a topic whose importance in infectious diseases and bacterial resistence is increasing …”.

We believe these five exceptional papers represent valuable contributions to Molecules and the scientific literature. On behalf of the Prize Awarding Committee and the Editorial Board of Molecules, we would like to congratulate these five teams for their excellent work. In recognition for their accomplishment, Dr. Thomas J. Schmidt, Dr. Sebastian Jäger and Dr. Yves F. Lozano will receive prizes of 1,000, 800 and 600 CHF, respectively, and the privilege of publishing an additional open access format paper of their choice free of charge in Molecules. Dr. Elena P. Ivanova and Dr. Ichiro Minami will be awarded the privilege of publishing an additional research paper free of charge in open access format in Molecules.

Prize Awarding Committee

Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Derek J. McPhee

MDPI AG, Postfach, CH-4005 Basel, Switzerland

E-Mail: [email protected]

Editorial Board Member, Section ‘Natural Products”

Dr. John A. Beutler

Molecular Targets Laboratory, Bldg 1052 Rm 110 NCI at Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702-1201, USA

E-Mail: [email protected]

Editorial Board Member, Section ‘Medicinal Chemistry’

Prof. Dr. Jarkko Rautio

School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland

E-Mail: [email protected]

Editorial Board Member, Section ‘Organic Synthesis’

Prof. Dr. Osmo E. O. Hormi

Department of Chemistry, University of Oulu, Linnanmaa, P.O.Box 333, FIN-90570 Oulu, Finland

E-Mail: [email protected]