Pharmacognosy & Natural Products Journals

A critical review journal stimulating progress in all areas of natural products research, including isolation, structural and stereochemical determination, biosynthesis, biological activity and total synthesis. Reviews discuss the role of natural products in the wider bioinorganic, bioorganic and chemical biology communities, covering enzymology, nucleic acids, genetics, chemical ecology, carbohydrates, primary and secondary metabolism, and analytical techniques. Articles offer critical insight rather than exhaustive overview.

A therapy-oriented journal publishing innovative studies on efficacy, safety, quality and mechanisms of action of specified plant extracts, phytopharmaceuticals and their isolated constituents. Includes clinical, pharmacological, pharmacokinetic and toxicological studies of specified herbal medicinal products, herbal preparations and purified compounds with defined consistent quality. Aims to integrate phytopreparations into conventional medicine and to set international scientific standards for phytomedicine research.

An international pharmacological journal publishing original medicinal plant research for biochemists, pharmacologists and toxicologists. Key areas include pharmacology, toxicology and the clinical applications of herbs and natural products in medicine, from case histories to full clinical trials, including herb-drug interactions and the safety of herbal medicines. Particularly welcomes papers about common food ingredients, standardized plant extracts and mechanistic studies on isolated natural products.

The official journal of the International Society for Ethnopharmacology publishing original articles concerned with the observation and experimental investigation of biological activities of plant and animal substances used in traditional medicine of past and present cultures. Welcomes interdisciplinary papers with an ethnopharmacological, ethnobotanical or ethnochemical approach to the study of indigenous drugs, documenting indigenous medical knowledge while contributing to improved health care in regions of study.

An open access journal published in cooperation with Kunming Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, publishing research on chemistry, biology and bioprospecting of natural products. Covers isolation and characterization of bioactive secondary metabolites, biosynthesis and biological evaluation of natural products, chemical ecology and bioprospecting of biological resources, and discovery of novel chemical entities from natural sources for drug development.

A peer-reviewed, open access journal publishing research on natural medicines and drugs, biologically active natural products or their derivatives, and complex traditional medicine formulas. Covers discovery of novel bioactive chemicals from natural sources including herbal medicines, marine organisms and microorganisms; structural modification and structure-activity studies; pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, toxicity and clinical studies of natural products and herbal medicines.

The open access companion journal to Phytomedicine, publishing original research on phytopharmacology, phytotherapy and phytotoxicology with the same rigorous standards as the parent journal. Covers efficacy, safety, quality and mechanisms of action of plant extracts, phytopharmaceuticals and their isolated constituents, with focus on clinical evidence, pharmacokinetics and translational phytomedicine research.

A partner journal of the American Society of Pharmacognosy publishing rigorous, high-impact research on all aspects of the chemistry and biology of natural product small molecules. Welcomes manuscripts on structure, bioactivity, function and ecology of natural or nature-inspired small molecules from all kingdoms of life, with preference for new compounds accompanied by biological activity data. Strong coverage of marine natural products, microbial secondary metabolites and plant chemistry.

Publishes peer-reviewed original research, reviews and tutorial papers covering all aspects of analytical techniques and methodologies applied to plant samples and phytochemicals. Strong focus on novel analytical methods including HPLC, UPLC, LC-MS, GC-MS, NMR, hyperspectral imaging, metabolomics and chemometrics applied to plant material, medicinal herbs, herbal medicines and natural product mixtures.

Dedicated to medicinal plants and bioactive natural products of plant origin, publishing original contributions on: characterization of active ingredients of medicinal plants; standardization methods for bioactive plant extracts; identification of bioactivity in plant extracts; identification of mechanisms and targets of plant extracts; production and genomic characterization of medicinal plant biomass; chemistry and biochemistry of bioactive natural products; and critical reviews of historical, clinical and legal status of medicinal plants.

A semiannual open access review journal serving scientists involved in medicinal plant research and development. Each issue covers comprehensive reviews on natural product drug discovery, biotechnology, marine pharmacognosy, ethnopharmacology and medicinal plants. Articles target broad readership in industry, academia and government, providing critical summaries of medicinal plant pharmacology and chemistry.

The official journal of the Japanese Society of Pharmacognosy publishing research on natural medicines including their pharmacology, chemistry, phytochemistry, botany, and applied biology. Particularly strong in Kampo medicine and East Asian medicinal plant research, traditional Japanese natural medicines, biosynthesis of natural products, plant biotechnology, and pharmaceutical analysis of crude drugs and herbal preparations.

Founded in 1953 and supported by the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research, publishing original research, reviews, perspectives and conference proceedings in pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, biological and pharmacological evaluation of medicinal plants, biotechnology, analytical methods for natural products, and the chemistry and biology of secondary metabolites. Strong coverage of natural product chemistry, biosynthesis, ethnobotany and biological screening.

The official journal of the Sociedade Brasileira de Farmacognosia, an international peer-reviewed journal covering a wide range of research on pharmacognosy, including the study of plants, animals and microorganisms as a source of bioactive natural products. Particular strength in research on Brazilian and Latin American flora including Amazonian medicinal plants, Atlantic Forest species, Cerrado plants and their phytochemistry and pharmacology.

Publishes papers on isolation, structure elucidation and biological evaluation of natural products from plants, animals, marine organisms and microorganisms. Particularly welcomes papers on novel chemical structures, semi-synthetic derivatives, biological activity of natural products and their analogs, and analytical methods for natural product characterization. Strong on Mediterranean and Asian medicinal plant chemistry.

An international open access journal publishing original research on the chemistry and pharmacology of natural products of plant, microbial and marine origin. Coverage includes isolation, structure elucidation, biosynthesis, biological activity and synthesis of natural products, essential oils, chemotaxonomy, with strong representation of work from Turkey, the Middle East and Mediterranean region.

A peer-reviewed open access journal of Phcog.Net publishing original research articles in pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, biological evaluation of plant extracts, traditional medicine, ethnobotany, marine pharmacognosy and natural product drug discovery. Welcomes work on standardization of herbal medicines, chemical investigation of natural sources, and pharmacological screening of bioactive plant constituents.

A peer-reviewed, open-access journal devoted to original studies on all aspects of natural products. Publishes original articles, reviews, short communications and letters on pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, natural product chemistry, medicinal chemistry, biotechnology and allied pharmacy subjects. Covers extraction methods, phytochemical profiling, pharmacological screening of plant extracts, and standardization of herbal products from a global authorship base.