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Medicinal Chemistry Research is a journal for the prompt disclosure of novel experimental achievements in the many facets of drug design, drug discovery, and the elucidation of mechanisms of action of biologically active compounds. Articles are sought which emphasize research in chemical biological relationships, especially on: structure-activity relationships, investigations of biochemical and pharmacological targets of drug action, and correlations of structures with the mode of action of biologically active compounds. Studies will be welcomed that increase our understanding of biochemical interactions between drug molecules, ions, free radicals, and sterically important sections of macromolecular targets.
The journal will strive to publish short papers of approximately 8-10 pages within two months of acceptance. A rapid peer-reviewing system will be maintained by the Editors. In addition, occasional short "New Trends" articles will appear at the invitation of the Editors. These articles will be solicited from the leading researchers in all fields of medicinal chemistry.
Medicinal Chemistry Research is a Journal dedicated to medicinal plants and to bioactive natural products of plant origin. It publishes original contributions in six major areas:
1. Synthesis of bioactive compounds
2. Docking, molecular modeling, QSAR, SAR, and computational studies of bioactive interactions
3. Characterization of active ingredients of medicinal plants/identification of bioactivity in plant extracts
4. Identification of targets and mechanism of activity of plant extracts 
5. Chemistry and biochemistry of bioactive natural products of plant origin
6. Critical reviews of the historical, clinical and legal status of medicinal plants, and accounts on topical issues.

Editor-in-Chief:
Stephen J. Cutler, College of Pharmacy, University of South Carolina, SC, USA
Senior Editors: 
Francisco Leon, Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, FL, USA
Christopher McCurdy, Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, FL, USA

Associate Editors:
Paulo Carvalho, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Feik School of Pharmacy, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Young Kim, School of Arts and Sciences, Bluefield State College, Bluefield, WV, USA
Anand Sridhar, Wegmans School of Pharmacy, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY, USA
Editorial Board: 
Seth Y. Ablordeppey, Tallahassee, FL, USA
Paul S. Anderson, West Point, PA, USA
Shridhar V. Andurkar, Downers Grove, IL, USA
Livio Brasili, Modena, Italy
Paulo Carvalho, Baltimore, Maryland
James M. Cook, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Elias J. Corey, Cambridge, MA, USA
Erik De Clercq, Leuven, Belgium
Malgorzata Dukat, Richmond, VA, USA
Francisco Jesús Estévez Rosas, Las Palmas de Gran Canary, Gran Canary, Spain 
Magid Abou-Gharbia, Princeton, NJ, USA
Robert Hill, Christchurch, New Zealand
Richard Hudson, Toledo, OH, USA
Malliga Iyer, Rockville, MD, USA
Ken Kanematsu, Nagoya, Japan
Glen E. Kellogg, Richmond, VA, USA
Lemont Kier, Richmond, VA, USA
Gérard Leclerc, Grenoble, France
Francisco A. Macias, Cádiz, Spain
George Majetich, Athens, GA, USA
Ignacio Brouard Martin, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Duane D. Miller, Memphis, TN, USA
Kenner Rice, Bethesda, MD, USA
Bryan Roth, Cleveland, OH, USA
A.K. Saxena, Lucknow, India
Augusto Rivera Umana, Bogota, Columbia
Cornelis J. Van der Schyf, Pocatello, ID, USA
Richard Westkaemper, Richmond, VA, USA

Editor Emeritus: 
Richard Glennon, Richmond, VA, USA