Natural products as a source of Alzheimer's drug leads.

abstract：:Covering: 1947-early 2017, particularly from 2005-early 2017The rise of bacterial pathogens with acquired resistance to almost all available antibiotics is becoming a serious public health issue. Polymyxins, antibiotics that were mostly abandoned a few decades ago because of toxicity concerns, are ultimately considere...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Rabanal F,Cajal Y

更新日期：2017-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Covering: up to 2013. Although holo-acyl carrier protein synthase, AcpS, a phosphopantetheinyl transferase (PPTase), was characterized in the 1960s, it was not until the publication of the landmark paper by Lambalot et al. in 1996 that PPTases garnered wide-spread attention being classified as a distinct enzyme superf...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Beld J,Sonnenschein EC,Vickery CR,Noel JP,Burkart MD

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covering: up to 2018 The Haemodoraceae family is a monocotyledonous family in the order Commelinales consisting of 14 genera. Many species from the family are endemic to Australia and their use by the Aboriginal People of Australia as both pigments or remedies has been ethnobotanically documented. Phenylphenalenones a...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Norman EO,Lever J,Brkljača R,Urban S

更新日期：2019-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We compiled a data set of the compounds that terrestrial vertebrates (amniotes) use to send chemical signals, and searched for relationships between signal compound properties and signal function. Overall, relationships were scarce and formed only small-scale patterns. Terrestrial vertebrate signalling compounds are i...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Apps PJ,Weldon PJ,Kramer M

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contact chemosensation, or tasting, is a complex process governed by nonvolatile phytochemicals that tell host-seeking insects whether they should accept or reject a plant. During this process, insect gustatory receptors (GRs) contribute to deciphering a host plant's metabolic code. GRs recognise many different classe...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Pentzold S,Burse A,Boland W

更新日期：2017-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Silybin, a secondary metabolite isolated from the seeds of the blessed milk thistle (Silybum marianum) was discovered as the first member of a new family of natural compounds called flavonolignans in 1959. Over the years it has received the research attention of many organic chemists. This research has resulted in a n...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Biedermann D,Vavříková E,Cvak L,Křen V

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the basic export of unwanted metal ions in simple organisms to the complex orchestration of metal handling and usage in higher eukaryotes, cellular systems are based on a variety of molecular mechanisms that constrain the right metal to bind to the right protein partner at the right time when needed. A failure to...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Banci L,Bertini I,McGreevy KS,Rosato A

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covering: up to June 2018 Understanding the biosynthetic mechanisms that generate the astounding structural complexity and variety of fungal secondary metabolites (FSMs) remains a challenge. As an example, the biogenesis of the Monascus azaphilone pigments (MonAzPs) has remained obscure until recently despite the sign...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Chen W,Feng Y,Molnár I,Chen F

更新日期：2019-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural products have evolved, at least in part, to bind to biological macromolecules, particularly proteins. As a result, natural products are able to interact with many specific targets within the cell. Indeed for many years this has been central in the drug development process. Today, however, natural products are ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Dixon N,Wong LS,Geerlings TH,Micklefield J

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligo-, polysaccharides, and glycoconjugates are a relevant part of the bioactive components of the natural products exploited in therapeutics, diagnostics, food additives, and biomaterials. Glycans are directly involved in important biological processes, such as immunostimulation, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Cobucci-Ponzano B,Moracci M

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covering: 2000 to 2008. Previous review: D. L. Wright and C. R. Whitehead, Org. Prep. Proced. Int., 2000, 32, 309-330. An overview of synthetic efforts toward cyathane diterpenoid natural products from the year 2000 to present is provided. The emphasis of this review is the various ring-constructing and stereoforming ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Enquist JA Jr,Stoltz BM

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytotoxic compounds produced by plant pathogens are often crucial determinants of plant disease. Knowledge of them provides insights into disease syndromes and may be exploited by conventional breeding and biotechnology to obtain resistant crops. ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Strange RN

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covering: 2000 up to 2020 Few classes of natural products have inspired as many chemists and biologists as have the iboga alkaloids. This family of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids includes the anti-addictive compound ibogaine as well as catharanthine, a precursor to the chemotherapeutic vinblastine. Despite being known...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Iyer RN,Favela D,Zhang G,Olson DE

更新日期：2020-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present review is to summarise the knowledge about newly isolated acetogenins (ACGs) in the last six years. It will also report the total syntheses that have allowed either the confirmation or the revision of some structures, together with the biological activities and mechanism of action of such intere...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Bermejo A,Figadere B,Zafra-Polo MC,Barrachina I,Estornell E,Cortes D

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review covers the structure and function of heparin and heparan sulfate glycosaminoglycans. Their chemical structures are discussed, including recently developed methods for sequencing picomole to nanomole quantities of heparin- and heparan sulfate-derived oligosaccharides. The biosynthesis of heparin and heparan...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Rabenstein DL

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural products and their derivatives are mainstays of our antibiotic drugs, but they are increasingly in peril. The combination of widespread multidrug resistance in once susceptible bacterial pathogens, disenchantment with natural products as sources of new drugs, lack of success using synthetic compounds and targe...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Wright GD

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venomous marine cone snails harbour a variety of small disulfide-rich peptides called conotoxins, which target a broad range of ion channels, membrane receptors, and transporters. More than 700 species of Conus are thought to exist, each expressing a wide array of different peptides. Within this large repertoire of to...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Halai R,Craik DJ

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bracken (Pteridium spp.) is a ubiquitous fern which has been described as one of the five most common plants on the earth. The toxic effects of bracken on livestock have been recorded since the end of the 19th century, and extensive and intensive investigations for the bracken toxin(s) led to the isolation of ptaquilo...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Yamada K,Ojika M,Kigoshi H

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covering: July 2012 to December 2019Over the last seven years, expanding research efforts focused on sesterterpenoids has led to the isolation, identification, and characterization of numerous structurally novel and biologically active sesterterpenoids. These newly reported sesterterpenoids provide diverse structures ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Li K,Gustafson KR

更新日期：2020-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In the search for new drugs and natural remedies, medicinal plants or herbs used in folk and traditional medicines are promising candidates. For the naturally rare and slowly growing plant species, plant tissue culture in bioreactors provides a cost-effective, sustainable and well-controlled means for mass production ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Zhou LG,Wu JY

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin B12, or cobalamin, is one of the most structurally complex small molecules made in Nature. Major progress has been made over the past decade in understanding how this synthesis is accomplished. This review covers some of the most important findings that have been made and provides the reader with a complete de...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Warren MJ,Raux E,Schubert HL,Escalante-Semerena JC

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covering: up to January 2017Cytochrome P450 enzymes (P450s) are some of the most exquisite and versatile biocatalysts found in nature. In addition to their well-known roles in steroid biosynthesis and drug metabolism in humans, P450s are key players in natural product biosynthetic pathways. Natural products, the most ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Rudolf JD,Chang CY,Ma M,Shen B

更新日期：2017-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:This Highlight describes factors that contribute to an ideal synthesis, including economies (step, time, atom, solvent, energy) and orientations (target, diversity, safety, function), and the role of synthesis-informed design directed at function in advancing synthesis and its impact on science. ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Wender PA

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A diverse array of secondary metabolites have been isolated and characterized from marine-derived fungi. The structures and biological activities of these metabolites are presented. Additionally, some basic principles of mycology are covered. Overall, 273 structures are presented and the review contains 162 references...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Bugni TS,Ireland CM

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nature has yielded numerous classes of chemically distinct microtubule stabilizers. Several of these, including paclitaxel (Taxol) and docetaxel (Taxotere), are important drugs used in the treatment of cancer. New microtubule stabilizers and novel formulations of these agents continue to provide advances in cancer the...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Rohena CC,Mooberry SL

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review the names, structures and occurrence of all new drimanes and rearranged drimanes which have been published between January 1990 and January 2003 have been collected. Subjects that have been treated are biosynthesis, analysis, biological activities, with special attention to cytotoxic activity and antife...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Jansen BJ,de Groot A

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microorganisms and in particular actinomycetes and microfungi are known to produce a vast number of bioactive secondary metabolites. For industrially important fungal genera such as Penicillium and Aspergillus the production of these compounds has been demonstrated to be very consistent at the species level. This mean...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Larsen TO,Smedsgaard J,Nielsen KF,Hansen ME,Frisvad JC

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covering: up to 2019As abundant natural products, isoprenoids have many useful industrial applications in the manufacturing of drugs, fragrances, food additives, colorants, rubber and advanced biofuels. The microbial production of isoprenoids has received much attention in recent years. Metabolic engineering approache...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Li M,Hou F,Wu T,Jiang X,Li F,Liu H,Xian M,Zhang H

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covering: up to early 2018 Polyketides and nonribosomal peptides are two major families of natural product with a broad range of biological activities. Polyketide synthases (PKSs) assemble small acetic acid-type acyl building blocks into polyketides through C-C bonds, and nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) assem...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Miyanaga A,Kudo F,Eguchi T

更新日期：2018-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:This review discusses the biosynthesis of natural products that are generated by trans-AT polyketide synthases, a family of catalytically versatile enzymes that represents one of the major group of proteins involved in the production of bioactive polyketides. The article includes 609 references and covers the literatu...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Helfrich EJ,Piel J

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00