Editor’s Note iq.unesp.br/ecletica | Vol. 46 | special issue 1 | 2021 | Editor’s note The articles published in this special issue followed all the standard procedures used by the Eclética Química Journal and fulfilled all the qualitative requirements of selection, peer review and editing. Readers can find papers covering the Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics areas, in line with the editorial profile of Eclet. Quim. J., with the following subjects: recent advances in using Langmuir monolayers as cell membrane models; dengue fusion peptides interacting with model membranes; production and biochemical characterization of xylanases; antioxidative activity of gold and platinum nanoparticles; purification and characterization of Glycine max, a potential antifungal; metallo-stannosilicates as support to immobilize lipase for biodiesel production. Prof. Dr. Assis Vicente Benedetti Editor-in-Chief http://revista.iq.unesp.br/ojs/index.php/ecletica/index