Research & Reviews: A Journal of Pharmacognosy

Research & Reviews: A Journal of Pharmacognosy

Research & Reviews: A Journal of Pharmacognosy [2394-7276(e)] is a peer-reviewed hybrid open-access journal launched in 2014 that intends to publish research articles, in natural product drug discovery, medicinal plant research, and pharmaceutical products. The Journal covers a wide range of multidimensional challenges of research and provides a platform for motivating personnel in the area of pharmacognosy.

The journal welcomes contributions across the following topic areas:

• Ethnopharmacology & Traditional Medicine: therapeutic agents and indigenous remedies, plant-derived drugs and ethnobotanical approaches, ethnochemistry and traditional knowledge systems, Chinese medicine and acupuncture, Ayurvedic medicine and Siddha medicine, Unani medicine and traditional pharmacy, herbal medicine and botanical remedies, anthropological and cultural aspects of medicine, folk medicine and indigenous practices, quantitative ethnobotany and documentation, plant ecology and sustainable harvesting, culturally sensitive care and traditional knowledge preservation
• Marine Pharmacognosy: natural products from marine organisms and microorganisms, sponges and coelenterates, tunicates and echinoderms, bryozoans and marine bacteria, antimicrobial and antibiotic marine compounds, antineoplastic and antispasmodic agents, marine toxins and bioactive compounds, drugs and chemicals from algae, marine-derived bioactive peptides, terpenes and polyketides, alkaloids and acetogenins, established products including agar, alginic acid, carrageenan, marine animal-derived compounds, marine biotechnology and applications
• Medicinal Plant Research: plant cultivation and agronomic management, conventional and biotechnological breeding, vegetative and generative propagation, plant growth physiology and cultivation requirements, climatic demands and crop rotation, fertilization and irrigation practices, phytopathology and plant protection, harvesting and post-harvest processing, drying and extraction techniques, quality authentication and management, organic cultivation and sustainable practices, medicinal plant chemistry and bioactive constituents, plant nutrition and stress physiology, common medicinal plants and healing herbs, aromatic crops and essential oil plants, herbal monographs and documentation
• Natural Product Discovery & Isolation: drug design and structural modification, natural product isolation and purification, structure elucidation and chemical analysis, novel compound discovery and characterization, stereochemical analysis and determination, chemical synthesis and total synthesis, bioassay-guided fractionation, high-throughput natural product screening, computational and informatic approaches, precision medicine applications, quality control of natural products, phytochemical profiling and fingerprinting
• Phytochemistry & Plant Metabolomics: plant primary and secondary metabolites, metabolism and biosynthesis pathways, chemotaxonomy and comparative phytochemistry, polyphenols and flavonoids, alkaloids and terpenoids, phenylpropanoids and glycosides, plant volatiles and essential oils, macromolecules and polymers, phytoalexins and phytotoxins, metabolomic and chemometric analysis, ultra-performance liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry and spectroscopic analysis, data processing and multivariate analysis, pharmacometabolomics and precision medicine
• Biological Activity & Pharmacology of Natural Products: biological activities of plant extracts and isolates, antimicrobial and antifungal activities, antiviral and antiparasitic effects, antioxidant and free radical scavenging, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects, anticancer and antitumor properties, cardiovascular and metabolic effects, neuroprotective and cognitive enhancement, toxicology and safety assessment, mechanism of action studies, pharmacological validation of traditional uses, clinical efficacy and outcomes
• Pharmaceutical Biotechnology & Bioprocessing: DNA and protein engineering, synthetic biotechnology and biocatalysis, gene therapy and therapeutic proteins, peptide synthesis and modification, enzyme engineering and immobilization, nanobiotechnology and nanoparticles, drug delivery and targeting systems, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, fermentation and bioprocessing, downstream processing and purification, industrial biomanufacturing, biosafety and bioethics, pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine
• Quality Assurance & Quality Control: chemical profiling and standardization, WHO good manufacturing practices, quality management systems and validation, water and excipients for pharmaceutical use, sterile and non-sterile products, manufacturing of herbal medicines, investigational products and clinical trials, HACCP and hazard analysis, sampling operations and quality control, foreign matter and ash content determination, water and volatile matter analysis, pesticide and heavy metal testing, microbiological testing and culture media, radioactive contamination testing, specifications and standards compliance
• Green Synthesis & Sustainable Chemistry: homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, organometallic and metal-complex catalysis, organocatalysis and photocatalysis, biocatalysis and enzymatic transformations, green reagents and sustainable solvents, flow chemistry and continuous processing, microreaction technology and microfluidics, process intensification and scale-up, catalyst immobilization and recycling, deep eutectic solvents and ionic liquids, nanosynthesis and nanomaterials, nanotoxicity assessment and safety, genotoxicity and chronic toxicity evaluation
• Mechanistic Studies & Evidence-Based Research: mechanistic evidence in drug development, drug discovery and target identification, assessing pharmaceutical quality and efficacy, dosage regimen design and evaluation, pharmacodynamic mechanisms and pathways, external validity and clinical applicability, cost-effectiveness and outcomes assessment, randomized controlled trials and clinical studies, complex system mechanisms and modeling, spatio-temporal pathway analysis, transformation studies and biomarkers