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Boron in Medicinal Chemistry: From Synthesis to Therapeutic Applications

edited by

Daniela Imperio

and

Luigi Panza

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5811 | Submission Open

Keywords: boronic acids; benzoxaboroles; boron clusters; carboranes; boron neutron capture therapy; boron-based drugs; drug design; boron delivery agents; medical applications TRANSLATE with x English Arabic Hebrew Polish Bulgarian Hindi Portuguese Catalan Hmong Daw Romanian Chinese Simplified Hungarian Russian Chinese Traditional Indonesian Slovak Czech Italian Slovenian Danish Japanese Spanish Dutch Klingon Swedish English Korean Thai Estonian Latvian Turkish Finnish Lithuanian Ukrainian French Malay Urdu German Maltese Vietnamese Greek Norwegian Welsh Haitian Creole Persian // TRANSLATE with COPY THE URL BELOW Back EMBED THE SNIPPET BELOW IN YOUR SITE Enable collaborative features and customize widget: Bing Webmaster Portal Back // This page is in Zulu Translate to Simplified Chinese Afrikaans Albanian Amharic Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Bengali Bulgarian Catalan Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Finnish French German Greek Gujarati Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Italian Japanese Kannada Kazakh Khmer Korean Kurdish (Kurmanji) Lao Latvian Lithuanian Malagasy Malay Malayalam Maltese Maori Marathi Myanmar (Burmese) Nepali Norwegian Pashto Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Romanian Russian Samoan Simplified Chinese Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Tamil Telugu Thai Traditional Chinese Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese Welsh Always translate Zulu to Simplified ChinesePRO Never translate Zulu Never translate admin.mdpi.com

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)

Natural Products in Diabetes Mellitus: 2nd Edition

edited by

Ana Angelica Feregrino-Perez

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5111 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural products; hypoglycemia; phenolic compounds; diabetes mellitus; therapeutic; ROS

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products)

20th Anniversary of Pharmaceuticals—Advances in Radiopharmaceutical Sciences and Nuclear Medicine

edited by

Irina Velikyan

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4227 | Submission Open

Keywords: radiopharmaceuticals; agents and probes; radionuclides; imaging biomarkers; biological/preclinical evaluation; first in-human clinical studies; SPECT; PET/CT and PET/MRI; labeling chemistry; medicinal radiochemistry; (pre)clinical radiopharmacology; and radiopharmacy including GMP-compliant production; radiopharmaceutical drug development; radio theranostics; hybrid imaging; organic molecules; high-molecular weight biomolecules and nano- and microparticles; artificial intelligence and machine learning in image analysis; computational chemistry in radiopharmaceutical development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Radiopharmaceutical Sciences)

The 20th Anniversary of Pharmaceuticals—New Insights in Medicinal Chemistry of Nitrogen-Containing Compounds

edited by

María del Carmen Terán Moldes

and Pedro Besada Pereira

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3184 | Submission Open

Keywords: drug design; synthesis; nitrogen heterocycles; nitrogen functional groups; biological activity; structure-activity relationship; molecular modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)

Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Nucleobase, Nucleoside, and Nucleotide Analogues

edited by

Yun Shi

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3120 | Submission Open

Keywords: nucleobase; nucleoside; nucleotide; drug design; structural mimicry; enzyme inhibitors; anticancer agents; antivirals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biopharmaceuticals)

Emerging Freeze Drying and Spray Drying Techniques

edited by

Lauryna Pudžiuvelytė

and

Jurga Bernatoniene

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2612 | Submission Open

Keywords: freeze drying; spray drying; microencapsulation; emulsions; herbal extracts; essential oil; natural ingredients; active ingredients; wall materials; polysaccharides; powders; physicochemical characteristics; microparticles; encapsulation efficiency; biological activity; pharmaceutical forms (tablets; capsules; solutions; gels; etc.); study of stability; study of release in vitro; active compound(s) and wall material interaction; morphology of microparticles

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology)

Pharmacotherapy for Retinopathy

edited by Eric Shrier

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2611 | Submission Open

Keywords: retinopathy of prematurity; ROP; anti-VEGF; HIF; pathologic neovascularization; OIR

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)

Advances in Pediatric Drug Formulations

edited by

Sonia M. Iurian

Ioan Tomuță

and

Catalina Bogdan

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2181 | Submission Open

Keywords: pediatric dosage forms; child-friendly dosage forms; age-appropriate dosage forms; acceptability; administration devices; taste-masking; compounded pediatric formulations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology)

Small Molecule Drug Discovery: Driven by In-Silico Techniques

edited by

Roberta Rocca

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1561 | Submission Open

Keywords: drug discovery; nutraceuticals; virtual screening; docking; molecular dynamics; pharmacophore; lead compound

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)

Radiopharmaceuticals and Nanotechnology

edited by

Sébastien Penninckx

and Céline Mirjolet

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1501 | Submission Open

Keywords: radiopharmaceutics; nanoparticle; radiation (external beam radiotherapy; nuclear medicine; brachytherapy; PET; SPECT; … ); theranostic; nanomedicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Radiopharmaceutical Sciences)

New Targets and Experimental Therapeutic Approaches for Cancers

edited by

Saurabh Agarwal

and Rohit K. Srivastava

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1430 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer; pharmaceutical therapy; therapeutic targets; drug delivery; immunotherapy; precision medicine; emerging pharmaceutical technologies; combination therapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)

Drug Delivery across the Blood–Brain Barrier

edited by

Touraj Ehtezazi

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 816 | Submission Open

Keywords: blood– brain barrier; drug delivery; brain diseases; neuroinflammation; remyelination

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology)

Nanomedicine with Neuroprotective Activity

edited by

Venkatesan Perumal

, Arun Reddy Ravula and Agnieszka Agas

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 497 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanotechnology; drug delivery; CNS diseases; neurodegenerative disorders; Alzheimer’ s disease; Parkinson’ s disease; Huntington’ s disease; cognitive impairments; memory loss; progressive neurodegeneration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology)

From the Simple to the Complex in the Formation of Supramolecular Devices Based on Cyclodextrins and Polymer Derivatives Applied in the Scope of Health

edited by

Eduardo Sobarzo-Sánchez

and Ana María Méndez-Torres

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 441 | Submission Open

Keywords: cyclodextrin; supramolecular devices; synthetic and natural polymers; chronic inflammation; nanoparticles and drug carriers

P2X Receptors and Their Pharmacology

edited by

Robson Xavier Faria

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 272 | Submission Open

Keywords: compounds; substances; synthetic; natural product; inhibitor; purinergic receptor; ATP; antagonista

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)

Flavonoids in Medicinal Chemistry: Trends and Future Directions

edited by

Honorina Cidade

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 269 | Submission Open

Keywords: flavonoids; synthesis; natural products; medicinal chemistry; biological activity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)

Novel Antimicrobials and the Antimicrobial Activity: New Advances

edited by

Davide Carcione

Luigi Principe

and

Cattaneo Dario

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 263 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-drug resistance; infection; mechanism of action; resistance mechanisms; therapeutic medicine; diagnostic tools; antimicrobial stewardship; pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)

Advances in Nuclear Medicine

edited by

Sérgio Augusto Lopes De Souza

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open

Keywords: radiopharmaceuticals; PET; SPECT; hybrid imaging modalities; radionuclide therapies; radiotracers; imaging techniques

The 20th Anniversary of Pharmaceuticals—Nanoparticle Interactions with Cells

edited by

Dimitris Tsiourvas

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open

Keywords: cellular interactions; cell-membrane penetration; cell internalization; cellular uptake; endocytosis; biomembranes; computational modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology)

Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Pharmacological Aspects

edited by

Ioana-Miruna Balmus

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: neuropsychiatric disorders; DSM-V; pharmacodynamics; innovative therapies; animal models; neuropsychiatric patients; trauma and stress; neurodegeneration; affective disorders; neurodevelopmental disorders; schizophrenia; sleep disorders; comorbidities; cardiovascular; coagulopathies; gastrointestinal; microbiome– gut– brain axis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)

Recent Advancements in Radiochemistry and PET Radiotracer Development: 2nd Edition

edited by Kenneth Dahl and

Sangram Nag

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: radiochemistry; labeling; automation; GMP; PET; radiotracer; radioligand; radiopharmaceutical; drug discovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Radiopharmaceutical Sciences)

Expanding the Cancer Drug Discovery Toolbox: A Focus on Protein Degradation, Allosteric Modulation, and Covalent Inhibition

edited by Rita Maria Concetta Di Martino and

Antonella Messore

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open

Keywords: protein degradation; proteolysis targeting chimeras; hydrophobic tags; molecular glues; allosteric modulators; covalent inhibitors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)

Prospects for the Application of Antibiotics in Drug Delivery Systems: New Advances

edited by Magdalena Grazul

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 49 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotics; drug delivery system; antimicrobial agents; multidrug resistance; novel approaches; drug discovery and development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology)

Potassium Channels as Novel Therapeutic Targets

edited by

Eva-Maria Zangerl-Plessl

and

Anna Stary-Weinzinger

submission deadline 26 Feb 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 16431 | Submission Open

Keywords: potassium channels; drug modulation; channelopathy; drug development; cardiac; neuronal; vascular; activators; inhibitors; off-target pharmacology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)

Advances and Future Trends in Development of Novel Antifungals and Antifungal Therapy

edited by

Radu Tamaian

submission deadline 26 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 526 | Submission Open

Keywords: antifungals; antifungal drug discovery; antifungal resistance; repositioning of non-antifungal drugs to antifungals; unconventional antifungal drug targets and signaling pathways

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)

Drug-Induced and Herbal Hepatotoxicity and Methods of Its Prevention

edited by

Anna Merwid-Ląd

and

Malgorzata Trocha

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 25365 | Submission Open

Keywords: drug-induced hepatotoxicity; herbal hepatotoxicity; acute and chronic liver damage; pathomechanisms of liver injury; oxidative stress; inflammation; apoptosis and necrosis; fibrosis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)

Therapeutic Potential of Cannabinoid Receptors Type 1 and 2—Novel Insights for Enhancing the Chance of Clinical Success

edited by

Uwe M. Grether

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15759 | Submission Open

Keywords: endocannabinoid system (ECS); cannabinoid receptor type 1 (CB1R); cannabinoid receptor type 2 (CB2R); cannabinoids; ligand

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)

Neuropharmacology of Plant Extracts and Their Active Compounds

edited by

Angel Josabad Alonso-Castro

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12992 | Submission Open

Keywords: medicinal plant; mental disorder; preclinical; clinical

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products)

Past, Present and Future Radiotracer Techniques: Radiopharmaceuticals in Cancer Theranostics

edited by

Ute Hennrich

and

Martina Benešová-Schäfer

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6614 | Submission Open

Keywords: diagnostic radiotracers; therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals; theranostics; radiolabeling techniques; GMP compliance; automated synthesis and quality control; pre-clinical studies; translation into clinics and first-in-human studies; clinical trials; regulatory approval

(This special issue belongs to the Section Radiopharmaceutical Sciences)

Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation with Potential Anti-inflammatory Activity

edited by

Berenika M. Szczȩśniak-Siȩga

Żaneta Czyżnikowska

and

Aleksandra Redzicka

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4436 | Submission Open

Keywords: anti-inflammatory; COX/LOX; IL-6; JAK; STAT3; p38MAPK; TNF-α ; asthma; Alzheimer's disease; cancer

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)

Pharmacotherapy of Neurodegeneration Disorders

edited by

Magdalena Kondeva-Burdina

and Maya Georgieva

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3908 | Submission Open

Keywords: neurodegeneration; inflammation; oxidative stress; neuroprotection; new biologically active molecules; heterocycles; synthesis; in silico drug design; pyrrole; MW-assisted synthesis; pharmaceutical chemistry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)

Pharmacotherapy for Macular Diseases 2024

edited by

Yoichi Sakurada

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3760 | Submission Open

Keywords: clinical ophthalmology; macular degeneration; retinal diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)

Lithium in Psychiatric Therapy: Celebrating 75th Anniversary

edited by

Janusz K. Rybakowski

and Ewa Ferensztajn-Rochowiak

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1603 | Submission Open

Keywords: lithium; bipolar disorder; mania; depression; the prevention of recurrences; suicide; dementia; immunomodulation; genetics; kidney function

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)

Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Natural Product Extracts

edited by

Luis Apaza Ticona

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1072 | Submission Open

Keywords: inflammation; oxidative stress; natural products; antioxidant properties; anti-inflammatory properties; omic technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products)

Progress of Hydrogel Applications in Novel Drug Delivery Platforms

edited by

Anna Drabczyk

and

Katarzyna Bialik-Wąs

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 941 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogels; targeted drug delivery; drug release; drug delivery; smart hydrogels; stimuli-responsive hydrogels; controlled release; hydrogel-based drug delivery; drug carriers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology)

Advancements in the Study of Biological Activities of Plant Extracts and Components

edited by

Aizhamal Baiseitova

and

Abdul Bari Shah

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 745 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural products; enzyme kinetics; antioxidants; bioactive compounds; bioactive plant extracts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products)

Drug Candidates for the Treatment of Pain (2024/2025)

edited by

Marco Fiore

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 680 | Submission Open

Keywords: pain; analgesia; drug discovery; drug candidates; new drugs

Recent Advances in Drug Metabolism, Transport, and Pharmacokinetics

edited by Agnieszka Bienert and

Joanna Bartkowiak-Wieczorek

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 378 | Submission Open

Keywords: pharmacokinetic analysis; analytical methods suitable for pharmacokinetics studies; pharmacogenetics in drug pharmacokinetics; clinical pharmacokinetics; drug concentrations in plasma and tissue; population PK modeling; drug metabolic pathways; drug transport across barriers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)

Drug Resistance Against Cancer Treatment

edited by

Hamidreza Montazeri Aliabadi

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 282 | Submission Open

Keywords: multidrug resistance (MDR); chemotherapy; P-glycoprotein (P-gp); ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters; molecularly targeted drugs; inherent resistance; acquired resistance; signaling pathways

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)

New Platforms for Cancer Treatment—Emerging Advances

edited by Fernanda Karoline Vieira da Silva Torchelsen, Maria Alice de Oliveira, Renata Tupinambá Branquinho and

Vanessa Carla Furtado Mosqueira

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer treatment; emerging advances; nanotechnology; nanotheranostics; novel drugs; nanostructures; pre-clinical studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology)

Antibiotic Resistance in Gram-Negative Bacteria: The Threat From the Pink Corner, 2nd Edition

edited by

Bruno Silvester Lopes

and

Alfizah Hanafiah

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open

Keywords: gram-negative; pseudomonas; acinetobacter; campylobacter; helicobacter; klebsiella; enterobacteriaceae; arcobacter; phages; complementary alternative medicine; antimicrobial peptides; food security; hospital acquired infections; microbiome; gram negative pathogens; antibiotic resistance; virulence and other molecular mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)

Recent Advances in Androgen Receptor Modulators

edited by Hong-Yo Kang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open

Keywords: androgens; androgen receptor; SARMs; ARDs; prostate cancer; muscle wasting; hypogonadism; selective modulation; pharmacokinetics; tissue specificity; combination therapy; drug resistance; bioavailability; targeted therapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)

Novel Therapeutic Approaches for Chronic Urticaria: Advances and Challenges

edited by Luis Felipe Ensina

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: chronic urticaria; current management; biosimilar pharmaceuticals; biologic drugs; monoclonal antibodies; tyrosine kinase inhibitors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)

Multi-target Drug Treatments for Neurodegenerative Disease

edited by

Manuela Leri

and

Marzia Vasarri

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 14054 | Submission Open

Keywords: neurodegenerative diseases; nutraceuticals; natural compounds; Alzheimer’ s disease; Parkinson’ s disease

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)

Antidepressant Drug

edited by

Paulina Misztak

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4663 | Submission Open

Keywords: antidepressant; molecular mechanism of drugs; new targets for depression treatment; depression; MDD; animal models of depression; nutrition in depression; small molecules

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)

Recent Advances in the Synthesis and Evaluation of Beta-Lactamase Inhibitors

edited by Inês Bártolo

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 297 | Submission Open

Keywords: beta-lactamase inhibitors; rational drug design; combinatorial chemistry; antibiotic resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)

Advances in Cancer Treatment and Toxicity

edited by

Dinender K. Singla

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

Keywords: oxidative stress; cell signaling; cell death; tissue remodeling; inflammation; molecular mechanisms; heart; muscle; antioxidants; cell therapy; exosomes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)

Chromatographic and Mass Spectrometry Techniques to Detect Secondary Metabolites from Natural Products of Pharmacological Interest

edited by

Stefania Garzoli

submission deadline 15 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4990 | Submission Open

Keywords: GC and GC-MS; HPLC-MS; natural products; secondary metabolites; phytochemicals; medicinal plants; chemical analyses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products)

Protein and Peptide-Based Drug Delivery

edited by Hoda M. Eltaher

submission deadline 15 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1393 | Submission Open

Keywords: proteolytic degradation; chemical stability; immunogenicity; oral bioavailability; scalability; off- target; effects; bioconjugation; peptide engineering; biodegradable polymers; regulatory and clinical considerations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biopharmaceuticals)

The 20th Anniversary of Pharmaceuticals—Ethnopharmacology in Latin America

edited by

Angel Josabad Alonso-Castro

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3631 | Submission Open

Keywords: Latin America; preclinical; clinical; ethnobotany; pharmacology; chemical standardization; herbal products

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products)

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