Natural Products of Medicinal Plants: Isolation and Bioactivity Evaluation
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 15
Special Issue Editors
Interests: natural products chemistry; chromatography; bioactivity testing in vitro and in vivo; mass spectrometry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Natural products have been extensively used in traditional medicine canons worldwide. The world’s flora has always been perceived as a library of different organic compounds, able to influence human physiological functions. At first, therapeutic strategies were based on the administration of plant preparations, like infusions, macerates, decoctions, or others; however, alongside the development of synthesis and instrumental chemistry, single-molecule studies were found to be safer due to the possibility of determining their mechanisms of action, therapeutic doses, adverse effects, and possible interactions with other drugs.
In view of the above, the isolation of single molecules from rich mixtures of compounds, such as plant extracts, is a task often undertaken by scientists and industry representatives.
This Special Issue aims to gather a collection of articles showing the possibilities of modern extraction, separation, and precipitation techniques for obtaining single purified metabolites of plant origin with promising therapeutic effects.
Prof. Dr. Wirginia Kukula-Koch
Dr. Anna Wawruszak
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural products
- traditional medicine
- plant extracts
- extraction techniques
- separation methods
- metabolites
- phytochemistry
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