Anticancer Drug Discovery Based on Natural Products
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pharmacology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 1845
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Interests: anticancer drug discovery; natural products
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Dear Colleagues,
Cancer remains a leading cause of death worldwide, and the development of new and effective anticancer drugs is urgently needed. Natural products have a long history of use in traditional medicine, and they have been the inspiration for many modern drugs, including anticancer agents. The vast chemical diversity found in nature provides a rich source of novel structures that can be exploited for the development of new drugs with improved efficacy and safety profiles.
In recent years, there has been growing interest in the discovery of anticancer drugs based on natural products. This is due to several factors, including the increasing prevalence of cancer, the limited efficacy of current treatments, and the need for new drugs that are less toxic and have fewer side effects.
Natural products offer several advantages for the discovery of anticancer drugs. They are typically well tolerated by the body, they often have multiple mechanisms of action, and they can be used in combination with other drugs to improve efficacy and reduce toxicity.
We are inviting submissions to this Special Issue of IJMS, titled "Anticancer Drug Discovery Based on Natural Products".
Suggested topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Discovery of novel anticancer agents from natural sources;
- Preclinical and clinical studies of natural products for cancer treatment;
- Mechanisms of action of natural products in cancer cells;
- Development of natural product-based combination therapies for cancer;
- Natural products for cancer prevention and chemoprevention.
Prof. Dr. Su-Yun Lyu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- anticancer drug discovery
- natural products
- phytochemicals
- traditional medicine
- drug development
- preclinical studies
- clinical trials
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