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Fitoterapia

  • Annual issues: 8 volumes, 8 issues

  • ISSN: 0367-326X

The Journal for the Study of Medicinal PlantsA Q1-ranked journal in the category of 'Agricultural and Biological Sciences' (Scopus).Fitoterapia… Read more

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The Journal for the Study of Medicinal Plants

A Q1-ranked journal in the category of 'Agricultural and Biological Sciences' (Scopus).

Fitoterapia is a Journal dedicated to medicinal plants and fungi and to the bioactive natural products produced by these organisms. It publishes original contributions in six major areas:

  • Chemical characterization of active ingredients of medicinal plants and fungi, including their endophytes

  • Innovative analytical approaches for dereplication and standardization of bioactive extracts and metabolites from plant resources

  • Identification of bioactivity in plant and fungal extracts and in their constituents

  • Identification of biological targets and mechanism of activity of plant and fungal extracts

  • Production and genomic characterization of medicinal plants biomass

  • Critical reviews of the composition, history, clinical and legal status of medicinal plants, and accounts on topical issues.

    • Publication requirements

  • Western Blots. Manuscripts reporting Western Blots must include original uncropped traces in triplicate as Supplementary Material. Images should be of good resolution.

  • NMR data. Manuscripts reporting the structure elucidation of new compounds must include copies of MS and 1D and 2D NMR spectra as Supplementary Material. Fitoterapia strongly encourages Authors to deposit raw NMR data files (FID and 2D serial files) for new compounds in a publicly accessible data depository.

  • Reviews. For review article submissions, Authors are required to provide evidence of their expertise and research experience in the specific field.

    • Contributions reporting the following are NOT considered for publication:

  • Activity data on crude extracts that have not been characterized by qualitative (and preferably quantitative) analysis of their individual constituents (LC/MS, or isolation followed by NMR). Data on the extract composition simply taken from literature or from previous studies are not acceptable. Characterization of only a few constituents is generally considered too partial.

  • Studies on the bioactivity of pure compounds purchased or obtained by Authors without any study or relationship with the producing organism.

  • Unexceptional and predictable bioactivity (e.g. antioxidant and mild antimicrobial properties of phenolics or of essential oils).

  • Uncritical ethnopharmacological investigations, where a list of plants and their use are simply recorded.

  • Genomic, transcriptomic and pharmacological studies without convincing wet lab experiments, or with little correlation to bioactive natural compounds.

  • Studies based exclusively or mainly on computational/theoretical investigations without adequate experimental support.

    • In addition, the following immediate rejection criteria apply:

    RULE 1: The manuscript does not fall into any of the areas of interest of the Journal (e.g. investigation on extracts obtained from animal sources)

    RULE 2: The manuscript is too preliminary, reporting e.g. activity data without comparison to a reference, or without a positive control.

    RULE 3: The botanical source is not clearly identified (with scientific Latin names), authenticated, and documented (voucher).

    RULE 4: Lack of the required supporting material (see publication requirements).

    RULE 5: Bioactivity is not relevant to in vivo situations.

    RULE 6: Reviews on topics already covered in the recent literature.

    RULE 7: Bibliometric or patentometric reviews.