Chemotaxonomy of Plants with Biological Activity

Dear Colleagues,

Diversity journal is about to launch a special issue dedicated to the chemotaxonomy of plant species with secondary metabolites with possible biological potential.

Around the world, plants are used in traditional medicine for the treatment of various diseases; however, many of them have not been investigated in depth. Medicinal plant parts (roots, leaves, branches/stems, barks, flowers, and fruits) are rich in compounds such as terpenes, phenols, carotenes, among others, which have been shown different biological activities. There are many plant species that depending on the geographical region, harvest season, and climate can have different secondary metabolites with varied biological activities. So, these differences provide unique characteristics even when treated from the same plant species. Plants are the main contributors of natural products, and Chemotaxonomic classification is a modern method for classifying plants using their chemical constituents, especially their secondary metabolites. The chemical structure of secondary metabolites and their biosynthetic pathways is often specific and restricted to taxonomically related organisms and is therefore useful in classification. The increase in chemotaxonomy classification studies will allow the advancement of analytical techniques for purification and chemical characterization, detecting even traces of the chemical compounds present. Therefore, they help in the determination of the classification, phylogeny, and evolution of plants through the correlation between phytochemical compounds and morphological data.

In this Special Issue, we are interested in research that highlights the variety of the compounds present in these plants and demonstrates their biological activities through in vivo or in vitro studies using innovative methods and technologies.

Dr. Luis Alberto Ortega-Ramirez
Dr. J. Fernando Ayala-Zavala
Guest Editors

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• Natural compounds 
• Biological activities 
• Medicinal plants 
• in-vitro and in-vivo studies