Heterocyclic Compounds: Synthesis, Characterization and Their Applications against Infectious and Neurodegenerative Diseases
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Organic Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 479
Special Issue Editor
Interests: organic chemistry; bioorganic chemistry; fluorine chemistry; medicinal chemistry; sustainable chemistry
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Dear Colleagues,
In the last decades, heterocyclic compounds emerge as the compounds with the highest impact on medicinal chemistry. More than 85% of all biologically active compounds contain an (or more) heterocyclic frames. These compounds can be issued from natural sources, bioinspired or totally designed in order to selectively attain a biological target. Many have been modified in order to be optimized and meet the ADMET/Tox properties of a drug candidate. As the scope of the topic can be very large, in this special issue we will focus on heterocyclic compounds (natural, bioinspired or synthetically conceived) with biological activities targeting the infectious (bacteria/tuberculosis; various parasites) and neurodegenerative diseases (mainly leading to memory problems; stem cells).
Therefore, we are focusing on attracting original research articles and eventually high-quality review articles on these specific topics. They should cover syntheses by conventional or non-conventional (microwaves, mechanochemistry, electrosynthesis, etc.) and biological and pharmacological activities on the topics selected.
Prof. Dr. Michel Baltas
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- anti-infective compounds
- neurodegenerative disease
- medicinal chemistry
- biologically active compounds
- heterocyclic compounds
