Phenyl-γ-valerolactones and phenylvaleric acids, the main colonic metabolites of flavan-3-ols: synthesis, analysis, bioavailability, and bioactivity.

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 February 2019Actinomycetes are Gram positive bacteria of the phylum Actinobacteria. These organisms are one of the most important sources of structurally diverse, clinically used antibiotics and other valuable bioactive products, as well as biotechnologically relevant enzymes. Most strains were discove...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Musiol-Kroll EM,Tocchetti A,Sosio M,Stegmann E

更新日期：2019-09-01 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

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：: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：:A key property of metallo-proteins and -enzymes is the affinity of metal ion M for protein ligand P as defined by the dissociation constant KD = [M][P]/[MP]. Its accurate determination is essential for a quantitative understanding of metal selection and speciation. However, the surfaces of proteins are defined by the ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Xiao Z,Wedd AG

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：:The article reviews the progress in the chemistry of the steroids that was published between January and December, 2001. The reactions and partial syntheses of estrogens, androgens, pregnanes, cholic acid derivatives, cholestanes and vitamin D analogues are covered. There are 184 references. ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Hanson JR

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review covers the recent marine chemical ecology literature for benthic cyanobacteria, macroalgae, sponges, octocorals, molluscs, other benthic invertebrates, fish and seabirds. ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Paul VJ,Ritson-Williams R

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covering: Early 2008 until the end of 2019Microorganisms which survive (extreme-tolerant) or even prefer (extremophilic) living at the limits of pH, temperature, salinity and pressure found on earth have proven to be a rich source of novel structures. In this update we summarise the wide variety of new molecules which...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Wilson ZE,Brimble MA

更新日期：2020-07-16 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: 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：:Covering: up to 2018 Ovothiols are sulfur-containing natural products biosynthesized by marine invertebrates, microalgae, and bacteria. These compounds are characterized by unique chemical properties suggestive of numerous cellular functions. For example, ovothiols may be cytoprotectants against oxidative stress, serv...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Castellano I,Seebeck FP

更新日期：2018-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:This review covers the literature on simple indole alkaloids and those with a nonrearranged monoterpenoid unit from the beginning of 2012 up to the end of 2013, which includes newly isolated alkaloids, structure determinations, total syntheses and biological activities. ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Ishikura M,Abe T,Choshi T,Hibino S

更新日期：2015-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungi have emerged worldwide as increasingly frequent causes of healthcare-associated infections, but fungal infections have generally been considered curable, and thus the demand for new antifungal agents has been very low. Although superficial fungal infections of the skin and nails are common and are for the most p...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Di Santo R

更新日期：2010-07-01 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: 1997 to 2010. The angucycline group is the largest group of type II PKS-engineered natural products, rich in biological activities and chemical scaffolds. This stimulated synthetic creativity and biosynthetic inquisitiveness. The synthetic studies used five different strategies, involving Diels-Alder reactio...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Kharel MK,Pahari P,Shepherd MD,Tibrewal N,Nybo SE,Shaaban KA,Rohr J

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterologous expression of biosynthetic pathways is an indispensable tool in the discovery, production, engineering, and characterization of bacterial polyketides and the complex enzymology involved in their biosynthesis. Ensuring transcription of polyketide biosynthetic gene clusters in heterologous hosts is a pressi...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Stevens DC,Hari TP,Boddy CN

更新日期：2013-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Although natural products have been marginalized by major pharmaceutical companies over the last 20-30 years, the changing landscape of drug discovery now favors a greatly enhanced role for Nature's privileged structures. Screening for drug leads in phenotypic screens provides the best opportunity to realize the value...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Carter GT

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review covers the biosynthesis of aliphatic and aromatic polyketides as well as mixed polyketide/NRPS metabolites, and discusses the molecular genetics and enzymology of the proteins responsible for their formation. ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Hill AM

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dinoflagellates produce unique polyketides characterized by their size and complexity. The biosynthesis of a limited number of such metabolites has been reported, with studies largely hampered by the low yield of compounds and the severe scrambling of label in the isotopically-labeled precursors. Nonetheless, of the s...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Van Wagoner RM,Satake M,Wright JL

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covering: up to the end of 2018 Piperazic acid is a cyclic hydrazine and a non-proteinogenic amino acid found in diverse non-ribosomal peptide (NRP) and hybrid NRP-polyketide (PK) structures. Piperazic acid was first identified as a residue in the monamycins in 1959. Since then, the piperazic acid residue has been fou...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Morgan KD,Andersen RJ,Ryan KS

更新日期：2019-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyclic depsipeptide largazole from a cyanobacterium of the genus Symploca is a marine natural product with a novel chemical scaffold and potently inhibits class I histone deacetylases (HDACs). Largazole possesses highly differential growth-inhibitory activity, preferentially targeting transformed over non-transfor...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Hong J,Luesch H

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fungal genus Trichoderma has various applications in industry and in medicine, and several species have economic importance as sources of enzymes, antibiotics, plant growth promoters, decomposers of xenobiotics, and as commercial biofungicides. Peptaibiotics and peptaibols are a class of linear peptides synthesize...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Daniel JF,Filho ER

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covering: up to early 2018 The Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetases (NRPSs) and Polyketide Synthases (PKSs) are families of modular enzymes that produce a tremendous diversity of natural products, with antibacterial, antifungal, immunosuppressive, and anticancer activities. Both enzymes utilize a fascinating modular archi...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Gulick AM,Aldrich CC

更新日期：2018-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:This review article focuses on how nature sometimes solves the same problem in the biosynthesis of small molecules but using very different approaches. Four examples, involving isopentenyl diphosphate, menaquinone, lysine, and aromatic polyketides, are highlighted that represent different strategies in convergent meta...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Dairi T,Kuzuyama T,Nishiyama M,Fujii I

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：:This Highlight describes some of the recent synthetic work on imidazole-containing alkaloids isolated from marine sponges. Target molecules have been chosen which demonstrate synthetic strategies leading towards metabolites containing intact imidazole moieties as well as systems bearing modified imidazole rings. ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Weinreb SM

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review will detail progress made in the previous decade on the chemistry and bioactivity of birch bark extractive products. Current and future applications of birch bark natural products in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and dietary supplements for the prevention and treatment of cancer, HIV,and other human pathogen...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Krasutsky PA

更新日期：2006-12-01 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