This current Special Issue of Molecules gathers selected communications on terpenes and terpene derivatives, clearly demonstrating the sustained interest in and importance of natural products in this field; fields connected to secondary metabolites; and renewable resources of plant and animal compounds for medicinal, material, supramolecular, and general chemistry research [...].

Department of Chemistry of Natural Compounds University of Chemistry and Technology Technicka 5 166 28 Prague Czech Republic

Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry National Academy of Sciences of Belarus 5 2 Academician 5 F Kuprevich Street BY 220141 Minsk Belarus

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Wojtunik-Kulesza K.A. Approach to Optimization of FRAP Methodology for Studies Based on Selected Monoterpenes. Molecules. 2020;25:5267. doi: 10.3390/molecules25225267. PubMed DOI PMC

Carmo J., Cavalcante-Araújo P., Silva J., Ferro J., Correia A.C., Lagente V., Barreto E. Uvaol Improves the Functioning of Fibroblasts and Endothelial Cells and Accelerates the Healing of Cutaneous Wounds in Mice. Molecules. 2020;25:4982. doi: 10.3390/molecules25214982. PubMed DOI PMC

Al-Hamoud G.A., Orfali R.S., Takeda Y., Sugimoto S., Yamano Y., Al Musayeib N.M., Fantoukh O.I., Amina M., Otsuka H., Matsunami K. Lasianosides F–I: A New Iridoid and Three New Bis-Iridoid Glycosides from the Leaves of Lasianthus verticillatus (Lour.) Merr. Molecules. 2020;25:2798. doi: 10.3390/molecules25122798. PubMed DOI PMC

Duong T.-H., Beniddir M.A., Trung N.T., Phan C.-T.D., Vo V.G., Nguyen V.-K., Le Q.-L., Nguyen H.-D., Pogam P.L. Atypical Lindenane-Type Sesquiterpenes from Lindera myrrha. Molecules. 2020;25:1830. doi: 10.3390/molecules25081830. PubMed DOI PMC

Perveen S., Alqahtani J., Orfali R., Aati H.Y., Al-Taweel A.M., Ibrahim T.A., Khan A., Yusufoglu H.S., Abdel-Kader M.S., Taglialatela-Scafati O. Antibacterial and Antifungal Sesquiterpenoids from Aerial Parts of Anvillea garcinia. Molecules. 2020;25:1730. doi: 10.3390/molecules25071730. PubMed DOI PMC

Mektrirat R., Yano T., Okonogi S., Katip W., Pikulkaew S. Phytochemical and Safety Evaluations of Volatile Terpenoids from Zingiber cassumunar Roxb. on Mature Carp Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells and Embryonic Zebrafish. Molecules. 2020;25:613. doi: 10.3390/molecules25030613. PubMed DOI PMC

Aimond A., Calabro K., Audoin C., Olivier E., Dutot M., Buron P., Rat P., Laprévote O., Prado S., Roulland E., et al. Cytotoxic and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Ent-Kaurane Derivatives Isolated from the Alpine Plant Sideritis hyssopifolia. Molecules. 2020;25:589. doi: 10.3390/molecules25030589. PubMed DOI PMC

Lyu H., Liu W., Bai B., Shan Y., Paetz C., Feng X., Chen Y. Prenyleudesmanes and A Hexanorlanostane from the Roots of Lonicera macranthoides. Molecules. 2019;24:4276. doi: 10.3390/molecules24234276. PubMed DOI PMC

Ponce-Rodríguez H.D., Herráez-Hernández R., Verdú-Andrés J., Campíns-Falcó P. Quantitative Analysis of Terpenic Compounds in Microsamples of Resins by Capillary Liquid Chromatography. Molecules. 2019;24:4068. doi: 10.3390/molecules24224068. PubMed DOI PMC

Ioannidis K., Melliou E., Magiatis P. High-Throughput 1H-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance-Based Screening for the Identification and Quantification of Heartwood Diterpenic Acids in Four Black Pine (Pinus nigra Arn.) Marginal Provenances in Greece. Molecules. 2019;24:3603. doi: 10.3390/molecules24193603. PubMed DOI PMC

Mizerska-Kowalska M., Sławińska-Brych A., Kaławaj K., Żurek A., Pawińska B., Rzeski W., Zdzisińska B. Betulin Promotes Differentiation of Human Osteoblasts In Vitro and Exerts an Osteoinductive Effect on the hFOB 1.19 Cell Line Through Activation of JNK, ERK1/2, and mTOR Kinases. Molecules. 2019;24:2637. doi: 10.3390/molecules24142637. PubMed DOI PMC

Lin C.-C., Su J.-H., Chen W.-F., Wen Z.-H., Peng B.-R., Huang L.-C., Hwang T.-L., Sung P.-J. New 11,20-Epoxybriaranes from the Gorgonian Coral Junceella fragilis (Ellisellidae) Molecules. 2019;24:2487. doi: 10.3390/molecules24132487. PubMed DOI PMC

Lasoń E. Topical Administration of Terpenes Encapsulated in Nanostructured Lipid-Based Systems. Molecules. 2020;25:5758. doi: 10.3390/molecules25235758. PubMed DOI PMC

Grzywacz D., Liberek B., Myszka H. Synthesis, Modification and Biological Activity of Diosgenyl β-d-Glycosaminosides: An Overview. Molecules. 2020;25:5433. doi: 10.3390/molecules25225433. PubMed DOI PMC

Wang Z., Sun J.X., Yang Q., Yang J. Metabolic Engineering Escherichia coli for the Production of Lycopene. Molecules. 2020;25:3136. doi: 10.3390/molecules25143136. PubMed DOI PMC

Frey M. Traps and Pitfalls—Unspecific Reactions in Metabolic Engineering of Sesquiterpenoid Pathways. Molecules. 2020;25:1935. doi: 10.3390/molecules25081935. PubMed DOI PMC

Bildziukevich U., Özdemir Z., Wimmer Z. Recent Achievements in Medicinal and Supramolecular Chemistry of Betulinic Acid and Its Derivatives. Molecules. 2019;24:3546. doi: 10.3390/molecules24193546. PubMed DOI PMC