Toxic Plant Chemical, Biological and Technological Insight: Poison or Potential Source of Novel Therapeutic Agents?
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 811
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Interests: coumarins; thiadizoles; betalains; Caryophyllales; fluorescence probes; inflammation markers; antioxidative properties; anti-hypochlorite properties; metal homeostasis; neurodegeneration; oxidative stress; plant extracts; plant pigments; molecular spectroscopy
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Interests: secondary metabolite isolation; structural determination; oxidative stress; nutraceuticals; bioactive molecules; cholinesterase inhibitory activity; Alzheimer’s disease; cytotoxic effects
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Interests: oxidative stress; nutraceuticals; secondary metabolite isolation; structural determination; biological activity
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Dear Colleagues,
Plants, like other living organisms, are incredibly complex structures. Thanks to the diversity and richness of the compounds they contain, they can grow from icy tundra areas to hot equatorial zones. They have been an integral part of the human diet and natural medicines for thousands of years. However, the knowledge about the toxicity or poisonous nature of certain species makes us giving it a wide berth and try to avoid it at all costs. We often forget that usually, only one or few compounds present in a plant are responsible for these undesirable properties. In some cases, only one part of the plant can be harmful. The general toxic nature of a species does not exclude the presence of compounds, which demonstrate health promoting properties.
In fact, although the toxic plants require greater caution and are sometimes more difficult in preparation, they are just as a potential source of new therapeutics as their non-toxic relatives and the technological aspects are also relevant.
Dr. Karolina Starzak
Dr. Luigi Milella
Dr. Immacolata Faraone
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- toxic plants
- therapeutic agents
- poisonous plants
- plant extracts
- bioactive compounds
- medicinal plants
- phytotherapy
- toxicity
- phytochemicals
- biological activity
- oxidative stress
- natural compounds
- toxins
- drug delivery
