Natural Products Chemistry

<p>The chemistry of natural products is rich in diversity which can be noted from several perspectives. Plants fungi and marine organisms represent sources of small molecules characterized by unique complexity related to their varied scaffolds functional groups and stereochemistry. At the same time extraction de novo synthesis derivatization and semi-synthetic approaches represent challenging tasks for organic chemists. In parallel analytical profiling of the content of organic compounds and microelements in natural matrices pushes experimental techniques to the edge of their potential due to the complex tasks involved in sample preparation and data elaboration. Additionally flavonoids alkaloids and terpenes as well as their semisynthetic derivatives attract the interest of medicinal chemists due to their beneficial biological effects which include antioxidant antiproliferative antibacterial and anti-inflammatory activities. This Special Issue aimed to collect original contributions to describe the extraction structural elucidation and synthesis of natural semisynthetic and nature-inspired synthetic molecules. Moreover articles that discuss the analysis of the content and bioactivity of natural compounds in complex matrices as well as review articles that focus on the chemistry of natural products were considered in combination with research articles that describe significant results in terms of their innovative synthetic and extractive as well as advanced analytical techniques (chromatography 1D and 2D NMR mass spectrometry IR and UV spectroscopy etc.).</p>