Nature-Inspired Drugs: Expanding Horizons of Contemporary Therapeutics

In this special issue, a total of 61 articles were received and 20 of them were approved for publication. This special issue demonstrated the ever-growing role of natural products as lead structures for the treatment of cancer, microbial infections, oxidative stress-associated health ailments, neurodevelopmental disorders, and polycystic ovary syndromes. Phytochemical investigations of natural products for the exploration of bioactive entities, eco-friendly, rapid, and cost-effective synthesis of drugs from natural products, utilization of green chemistry approaches, and optimization of nature-derived compounds for the synthesis of potent derivatives can build up stronger foundation of nature-inspired drug discovery