Chemistry and Bioactivity of Plant-Derived Aromatic Compounds in Nature
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 December 2024 | Viewed by 31
Special Issue Editor
Interests: identification of biochemicals from plants and fungi; structure determination; development of biochemicals to commercially valuable products; natural products as pharmaceuticals; natural products for agricultural management; natural products for cosmetic applications
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nature is an invaluable source of biologically active compounds with unique structural diversity that are beneficial for life and health, and humans have been using plants and fungi as medicine and for other purposes throughout history. Scientists continuously search for potential medicines in plants and fungi that can help save lives. For example, two compounds, vinblastine and vincristine, from the Madagascan periwinkle Catharanthus roseus have been discovered to be effective against Hodgkin’s disease, a type of leukemia, whereas taxol, from the pacific yew tree Taxus brevifolia, and etoposide and teniposide, made from podophyllotoxin, which is present in the American mandrake plant Podophyllum peltatum, are used in cancer chemotherapy. Plaunotol from Croton sublyratus and Croton stellatopilosus is sold as Kelnac to treat gastritis and gastric ulcers. Cyclosporine, which is derived from the fungus Tolypocladium inflatum, is an important remedy in organ transplantation as an immunosuppressant. Compounds from nature are not only beneficial for pharmaceutical uses, but they are instrumental in nutritional, insecticidal, and industrial purposes. Plants such as pyrethrum, sabadilla, tobacco, and neem have produced compounds with insecticidal activities. Currently, ca 10% of the world’s biodiversity has been evaluated for potential biological activity; thence, the continued discovery of novel compounds is essential. In this Special Issue, we encourage reports of compounds that exhibit good biological activities from nature.
Dr. Moses K. Langat
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plants
- fungi
- terrestrial and marine sources
- compounds
- biological activities
