Synthetic and Natural Compounds with Symmetry/Asymmetry in Medicinal and Environmental Chemistry
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemistry: Symmetry/Asymmetry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 4934
Special Issue Editors
Interests: computational chemistry; drug discovery; medicinal chemistry
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Interests: computational chemistry; QSAR; drug discovery; molecular simulation; medicinal chemistry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the era of Big Data, modeling techniques and bioinformatics approaches based on experimental and computational techniques have successfully highlighted the importance of applying computational methods in drug discovery and beyond. The computational approaches could be an effective strategy with low-costs and high efficiency for designing promising symmetric and asymmetric candidates for the treatment of life-threatening diseases or environmentally friendly compounds of public health interest.
This Special Issue aims to provide an overview of recent advances in the field of medicinal and environmental chemistry. The submitted manuscripts should be focused on small molecules with symmetry/asymmetry having the potential for the treatment of current challenging diseases. Manuscripts focused on multidisciplinary topics on the design of small symmetrical/asymmetrical molecules as well as their applicability in environmental matters in the real-world context are also welcome. This Special Issue welcomes submissions from a wide range of disciplines, including chemistry, biology, medicine, environmental, ecology, toxicology, and other sciences that use experimental or theoretical approaches.
In this regard, we cordially invite all researchers to submit original experimental and/or theoretical research papers or reviews to this Special Issue of Symmetry. Please note that Symmetry only publishes manuscripts in English. There is no restriction on the number of words/pages for papers in this Special Issue of Symmetry.
Dr. Cristina Nastasă
Dr. Luminita Crisan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- symmetrical/asymmetrical molecules
- drug design
- bioactive compounds
- QSAR/QSPR models
- DFT
- pharmacophore
- targets
- homology model
- molecular docking
- molecular dynamic simulation
- synthesis and analysis
- crystallography
- intermolecular interactions
- ligand-based design
- structure-based design
- in silico screening
- in vitro/in vivo studies
- toxicity
- bioinorganic chemistry
- medicinal chemistry
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