Planta Medica is one of the leading international journals in the research area of natural products of any origin – from characterized multi-compound mixtures to defined natural products. Planta Medica accepts original research papers and reviews with a strong emphasis on originality and scientific quality.


The following areas of research are covered:

Experimental, preclinical and clinical pharmacology as well as toxicology
Biological activities, chemical ecology, chemical biology of natural products
Natural product chemistry and analytical studies
Medicinal plant research
Drug discovery in silico approaches in natural product research
 

Contributions reporting the following are not normally considered for publication and will be immediately rejected if:

The manuscript does not fall into any of the above Areas
Activity data are reported without comparison to a recognized positive control
Plant extracts have not been characterized by analysis of their major constituents (e.g. HPLC, GC, NMR)
Predictable bioactivity is reported (e.g. antioxidant properties of phenolic compounds)