Guest Editors
Dr. Deepak M. Kasote
Email: d.kasote@qu.edu.qa
Affiliation: Agricultural Research Station, Qatar Universirty, Doha-2713, Qatar
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Research Interests: plant metabolomics, stress physiology, phytochemistry, and ethnopharmacology
Dr. Hadjer KECIES
Email: h.kecies@centre-univ-mila.dz
Affiliation: Medical Annex, University of Jijel, Jijel-18000, Algeria
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Research Interests: plant physiology and ethnopharmacology
Dr. Wan Mohd Nuzul Hakimi W Salleh
Email: wmnhakimi@fsmt.upsi.edu.my
Affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Sultan Idris Education University, Perak- 35900, Malaysia
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Research Interests: natural product chmeistry
Summary
Medicinal plants produce a diverse array of functional phytochemicals, including alkaloids, terpenoids, phenolics, and flavonoids, that enable them to survive and adapt to extreme environmental stressors, including protection against biotic agents such as pathogens and herbivores. In addition, these functional phytochemicals make medicinal plants a valuable natural source of drugs that have significantly contributed to human primary healthcare. Considering the significance and collective understanding of this topic, this Special Issue aims to capture recent scientific literature on medicinal plants and their functional phytochemicals, focusing on both their ecological roles in plant interactions and their therapeutic applications in human health, especially in the context of the cure and management of metabolic and neurological diseases. Submissions of research articles and reviews on ethnopharmacology, medicinal plant stress physiology, and functional phytochemicals are welcome under this issue.
Potential topics include (but are not limited to):
· Abiotic and biotic stress tolerance in medicinal plants
· Biosynthesis and regulation of functional phytochemicals under natural or stressed conditions
· Essential oils, biopesticides, and bio-stimulants from medicinal plants
· Ethnopharmacological insights and traditional knowledge on plant use
· Bioactive phytochemicals for human health
· Phytochemicals and medicinal plants used to treat metabolic and neurological diseases
Keywords
medicinal plants, phytochemicals, essential oils, abiotic and biotic stress tolerance, biopesticides, bio-stimulants, metabolic and neurological diseases, ethnopharmacology
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