Antioxidant, Anti-tumour, and Anticoagulant Activities of Bioactive Compounds from Natural Products
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioactives and Nutraceuticals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 1736
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Interests: genetic engineering; bioactive compounds; pharmaceutics; nanotechnology; cancer; drug delivery; antimicrobial activity
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nature provides an incredible range of chemical compounds with medicinal benefits. Bioactive compounds originate from natural sources, including plants, microbes, and animals. According to the available studies, bioactive components can enhance pharmacological efficacy at lower doses, hence decreasing dosage toxicity. Bioactive compounds include alkaloids, isoprenoids, phenylpropanoids, xanthones, peptides, polysaccharides, glucosinolates, curcumin, resveratrol, anthraquinones, bilirubin, betaxanthin, betacyanin, lycopene, phytosterols, and β-sitosterol, etc. have shown outstanding pharmacological effects in various in vitro and in vivo paradigms.
Bioactive compounds can inhibit cell growth and migration, inducing cell cycle arrest and apoptosis and restoring the sensitivity of tumor cells to conventional anticancer drugs. Thrombosis leads to severe complications if clots get dislodged and move to crucial parts of the circulatory system, and it remains a significant reason for mortality worldwide. Anticoagulants inhibit various factors of coagulation pathways and are one of the two main classes of antithrombotic therapy. The aim of this Special Issue is to collect original research articles, as well as review articles, addressing recent advances in the applications of bioactive compounds in antioxidant, anti-tumor, and anticoagulant activities from natural products. In addition, nanotechnology can enhance natural substances' delivery with demonstrated medicinal potential.
Dr. Muthu Thiruvengadam
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- bioactive compounds
- natural products
- antioxidants
- blood coagulation
- anticoagulants
- anticancer
- nanomedicines
- nanotechnology
- medicinal plants
- metabolomics
