Special issue “medical value of metal complexes and plant-derived compounds: biological evaluation, health effects, challenges, and future opportunities”

Ścibior, Agnieszka; Aureliano, Manuel; Llopis, Juan

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Ścibior, Agnieszka

Aureliano, Manuel

Llopis, Juan

Abstract(s)

This Special Issue (SI), titled “Medical Value of Metal Complexes and Plant-Derived Compounds: Biological Evaluation, Health Effects, Challenges, and Future Opportunities”, aims to include reports updating our knowledge about the effects of exposure to prevalent heavy metals in the environment, which adversely affect animal and human health. It also focuses on certain natural plant bioactive compounds with multidirectional biological properties, which can effectively alleviate the toxicity of highly hazardous heavy metals and minimize the negative effects of veterinary drugs widely used in the treatment of food-producing animals, on consumer health. It should be emphasized that substances of plant origin are a very interesting research material both in terms of the diversity of the chemical structures of isolated compounds and their possible therapeutic properties [1,2]. For a long time, there has been considerable interest in biologically active compounds of plant origin due to their potential in preventing the toxic effects of xenobiotics [3]. This is a very important and currently relevant trend associated with the search for effective strategies based on natural origin substances aimed at preventing the harmful effects of xenobiotics or mitigating their toxic effects.