Editorial Board for section 'Medicinal Chemistry'
- Analytical Chemistry Section
- Applied Chemistry Section
- Bioactive Lipids Section
- Bioorganic Chemistry Section
- Chemical Biology Section
- Colorants Section
- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Section
- Cross-Field Chemistry Section
- Electrochemistry Section
- Flavours and Fragrances Section
- Food Chemistry Section
- Green Chemistry Section
- Inorganic Chemistry Section
- Macromolecular Chemistry Section
- Materials Chemistry Section
- Medicinal Chemistry Section
- Microwave Chemistry Section
- Molecular Liquids Section
- Molecular Structure Section
- Nanochemistry Section
- Natural Products Chemistry Section
- Organic Chemistry Section
- Organometallic Chemistry Section
- Photochemistry Section
- Physical Chemistry Section
- Ultrasound Chemistry Section
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Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.
Members
Institute of Neurophysiopathology (INP), Aix-Marseille University, Faculté des sciences médicales et paramédicales, 27, Bd Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France
Interests: antimicrobial peptides; antibacterial; antibiotics; structure-activity relationships; bacteriocins; drug design; peptide engineering
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Interests: antimicrobial peptides; antibacterial; antibiotics; structure-activity relationships; bacteriocins; drug design; peptide engineering
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Department of Drug Sciences, University of Catania, V.le A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
Interests: medicinal chemistry; drug design; enzyme inhibitors; heme oxygenase-1 inhibitors; nitric oxide inhibitors; heme oxygenase-1 inducers; antitumor drugs; imidazole; receptor ligands; hybrid compounds
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Interests: medicinal chemistry; drug design; enzyme inhibitors; heme oxygenase-1 inhibitors; nitric oxide inhibitors; heme oxygenase-1 inducers; antitumor drugs; imidazole; receptor ligands; hybrid compounds
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Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal
Interests: semisynthetic steroids; diterpenoid and triterpenoid derivatives with improved antitumor activity and investigation of their mechanisms of anticancer action; cancer research; novel PARP-1 inhibitors; enzyme inhibitors able to tackle hormone-dependent cancers, such as 5alpha-reductase and CYP17 inhibitors; new drugs acting on the ubiquitin–proteasome system (UPS); inhibitors of BACE1 and glutaminyl cyclase for Alzheimer’s disease treatment; green pharmaceutical processes
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Interests: semisynthetic steroids; diterpenoid and triterpenoid derivatives with improved antitumor activity and investigation of their mechanisms of anticancer action; cancer research; novel PARP-1 inhibitors; enzyme inhibitors able to tackle hormone-dependent cancers, such as 5alpha-reductase and CYP17 inhibitors; new drugs acting on the ubiquitin–proteasome system (UPS); inhibitors of BACE1 and glutaminyl cyclase for Alzheimer’s disease treatment; green pharmaceutical processes
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Department of Pharmacy, Università degli Studi di Genova, 16126 Genova, Italy
Interests: cancer; tyrosine kinases; serine-threonine kinases; kinase inhibitors; small molecules; organic synthesis; ADME studies; drug formulations
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Interests: cancer; tyrosine kinases; serine-threonine kinases; kinase inhibitors; small molecules; organic synthesis; ADME studies; drug formulations
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Director of PET Radiochemistry, IDP Faculty in Medicinal Chemistry, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Interests: positron emission tomography; PET imaging; radiochemistry; fluorine chemistry; molecular imaging
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Interests: positron emission tomography; PET imaging; radiochemistry; fluorine chemistry; molecular imaging
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Department of BioMolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38655, USA
Interests: cardiovascular diseases; blood coagulation disorders
Interests: cardiovascular diseases; blood coagulation disorders
Department of Pharmacology, Penn State Cancer Institute, CH72, Penn State College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
Interests: anticancer; drug discovery; small molecules; medicinal chemistry; selenium
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Interests: anticancer; drug discovery; small molecules; medicinal chemistry; selenium
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1. Department of Nanopharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya Institute of Technology Gokiso, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
2. Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology Gokiso, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
3. Institute of Advanced Fluorine-Containing Materials, Zhejiang Normal University, 688 Yingbin Avenue, Jinhua 321004, China
Interests: fluorine chemistry; synthetic chemistry; asymmetric synthesis; medicinal chemistry; C-F bond activation; organosulfur compounds; organo halogen compounds
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2. Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology Gokiso, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
3. Institute of Advanced Fluorine-Containing Materials, Zhejiang Normal University, 688 Yingbin Avenue, Jinhua 321004, China
Interests: fluorine chemistry; synthetic chemistry; asymmetric synthesis; medicinal chemistry; C-F bond activation; organosulfur compounds; organo halogen compounds
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Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, I-87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Italy
Interests: high-resolution instrumental analysis of complex vegetable and animal matrices; synthesis of biomolecules and their analogues; amino acid and peptide chemistry; modification of natural amino acids; chiral templates; design and synthesis of protease inhibitors
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Interests: high-resolution instrumental analysis of complex vegetable and animal matrices; synthesis of biomolecules and their analogues; amino acid and peptide chemistry; modification of natural amino acids; chiral templates; design and synthesis of protease inhibitors
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Institute of Pharmacy, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
Interests: epigenetics; PROTACs; drug design; drug discovery; small molecule inhibitors
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Interests: epigenetics; PROTACs; drug design; drug discovery; small molecule inhibitors
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Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003-9297, USA
Interests: medicinal chemistry; programmed cell death; apoptosis; necrosis; ferroptosis
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Interests: medicinal chemistry; programmed cell death; apoptosis; necrosis; ferroptosis
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Department of Biochemistry, Cellular & Molecular Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Interests: molecular simulations; small-molecule drug discovery and natural products; renewable bioproducts; solvation
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Interests: molecular simulations; small-molecule drug discovery and natural products; renewable bioproducts; solvation
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CICS-UBI—Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, Av. Infante D. Henrique, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal
Interests: cancer biology; cancer metabolism; tumor microenvironment; steroid hormones and receptors; drug resistance
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Interests: cancer biology; cancer metabolism; tumor microenvironment; steroid hormones and receptors; drug resistance
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Institute of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80-82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Interests: opioid receptors; opioid pharmacology; pain research; CNS disorders; opioid drug discovery; structure-activity-relationships; GPCRs signalling
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Interests: opioid receptors; opioid pharmacology; pain research; CNS disorders; opioid drug discovery; structure-activity-relationships; GPCRs signalling
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Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302-4098, USA
Interests: chemistry of DNA binding compounds; synthetic chemistry; organofluorine chemistry; heterocyclic chemistry; bioorganic and medicinal chemistry
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Interests: chemistry of DNA binding compounds; synthetic chemistry; organofluorine chemistry; heterocyclic chemistry; bioorganic and medicinal chemistry
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Karolinska Institutet, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Stockholm, Sweden
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Department of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff”, University of Florence, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
Interests: drug discovery; organic synthesis; medicinal chemistry; molecular imaging; diversity-oriented synthesis; peptidomimetics; chemoinformatics; enzyme inhibitors; angiogenesis; Alzheimer’s disease
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Interests: drug discovery; organic synthesis; medicinal chemistry; molecular imaging; diversity-oriented synthesis; peptidomimetics; chemoinformatics; enzyme inhibitors; angiogenesis; Alzheimer’s disease
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Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro, Novara, Italy
Interests: medicinal chemistry; discovery of novel multicomponent reactions; anticancer research
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Interests: medicinal chemistry; discovery of novel multicomponent reactions; anticancer research
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Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Patra, Greece
Interests: organic; peptide and medicinal chemistry; rational design and synthesis of linear; cyclic peptide analogues and non-peptide mimetics; conformational studies; molecular modelling of bioactive and pharmaceutical compounds; interactions of bioactive molecules (docking studies); pharmacophore analysis; homology modelling
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Interests: organic; peptide and medicinal chemistry; rational design and synthesis of linear; cyclic peptide analogues and non-peptide mimetics; conformational studies; molecular modelling of bioactive and pharmaceutical compounds; interactions of bioactive molecules (docking studies); pharmacophore analysis; homology modelling
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San Diego Supercomputer Center, Moores Cancer Center, Dept. of Neurosciences: UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Interests: structural biology; bioinformatics; personalized drug treatment; artificial intelligence; machine learning (ML); deep learning (DL)
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Interests: structural biology; bioinformatics; personalized drug treatment; artificial intelligence; machine learning (ML); deep learning (DL)
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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
Interests: antibacterial drug discovery; anticancer drug discovery; structural biology; biophysical chemistry
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Interests: antibacterial drug discovery; anticancer drug discovery; structural biology; biophysical chemistry
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Laboratory for the Study of Pain, Research Institute for Production Development, 15 Shimogamo Morimoto-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-0805, Japan
Interests: chronic pain; fibromyalgia; lysophosphatidic acid; prothymosin alpha; stroke; opioid receptor; kyotorphin
Interests: chronic pain; fibromyalgia; lysophosphatidic acid; prothymosin alpha; stroke; opioid receptor; kyotorphin
1. FFUP – Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Potugal
2. i3S—Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
Interests: cancer drug resistance; cancer multidrug resistance; intercellular transfer of drug resistance mediated by Extracellular Vesicles (EVs); new approaches to overcome drug resistance; drug-efflux pumps; escape from apoptosis; autophagy; metabolic alterations associated with drug resistance; tumour-microenvironment interactions; cancer stem cells; microRNAs; biomarkers of minimal residual disease and of drug resistance
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2. i3S—Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
Interests: cancer drug resistance; cancer multidrug resistance; intercellular transfer of drug resistance mediated by Extracellular Vesicles (EVs); new approaches to overcome drug resistance; drug-efflux pumps; escape from apoptosis; autophagy; metabolic alterations associated with drug resistance; tumour-microenvironment interactions; cancer stem cells; microRNAs; biomarkers of minimal residual disease and of drug resistance
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Department of Pathology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
Interests: glucan; natural immunomodulators; cancer
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Interests: glucan; natural immunomodulators; cancer
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Department of Chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA
Interests: natural product synthesis; synthesis methodology; stereoselective reactions; heterocyclic chemistry; concerted reactions
Interests: natural product synthesis; synthesis methodology; stereoselective reactions; heterocyclic chemistry; concerted reactions
Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron UMR 5247 CNRS, ENSCM, Université de Montpellier, 240 avenue du professeur Emile Jeanbrau, 34296 Montpellier, CEDEX 5, France
Interests: metalloenzymes; inhibitors; organic chemistry; medicinal chemistry; anticancerous compounds; antiinfectiuos compounds
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Interests: metalloenzymes; inhibitors; organic chemistry; medicinal chemistry; anticancerous compounds; antiinfectiuos compounds
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Key Lab in Health Science and Technology, Institute of Biopharmaceutical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
Interests: diabetes; hyperlipidemia; obesity; Inflammation; molecular pharmacology
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Interests: diabetes; hyperlipidemia; obesity; Inflammation; molecular pharmacology
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School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China
Interests: chromatographic analysis; spectroscopic analysis; enzyme immobilizations and applications; preparation and applications of materials with enzyme-like activity
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Interests: chromatographic analysis; spectroscopic analysis; enzyme immobilizations and applications; preparation and applications of materials with enzyme-like activity
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State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Design and Optimization, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
Interests: design and synthesis of bioactive compound; synthesis and modification of natural product; drugability optimization
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Interests: design and synthesis of bioactive compound; synthesis and modification of natural product; drugability optimization
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School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Interests: nano-biomaterials; drug carriers; tissure engineering materials; MRI contrast agents
Interests: nano-biomaterials; drug carriers; tissure engineering materials; MRI contrast agents
