Targeting and extending the eukaryotic druggable genome with natural products: cytoskeletal targets of natural products.

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：: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：: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：: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：:In this study, the biological properties of natural abietane-type diterpenoids with an aromatic C ring are reviewed. An overview of the synthetic studies of this group of abietanes, including dehydroabietic acid, callitrisic acid and ferruginol, is presented. The review contains about 160 references. ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： González MA

更新日期：2015-05-01 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：:Novel organic reactions drive the advance of chemical synthesis in the same way that enabling technologies drive new scientific discoveries. One area of organic methodology that has undergone significant growth during the last decade is that of homogeneous gold-catalyzed transformations. This trend has been further en...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Zhang Y,Luo T,Yang Z

更新日期：2014-04-01 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：: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：:Covering up to December 2013. Oligosaccharide natural products target a wide spectrum of biological processes including disruption of cell wall biosynthesis, interference of bacterial translation, and inhibition of human α-amylase. Correspondingly, oligosaccharides possess the potential for development as treatments o...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： McCranie EK,Bachmann BO

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covering: up to 2019This review covers the current status of the quantum mechanical prediction of chiroptical properties, such as electronic CD and optical rotation, as needed for stereochemical assignments in new natural products. The reliability of the prediction of chiroptical properties is steadily increasing, wit...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Grauso L,Teta R,Esposito G,Menna M,Mangoni A

更新日期：2019-07-01 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: up to the end of 2015.Peptides are naturally occurring compounds that play an important role in all living systems and are responsible for a range of essential functions. Peptide receptors have been implicated in disease states such as oncology, metabolic disorders and cardiovascular disease. Therefore, natu...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Charron CL,Hickey JL,Nsiama TK,Cruickshank DR,Turnbull WL,Luyt LG

更新日期：2016-06-02 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：:The diastereoselective addition of organometallic reagents to α-chloroaldehydes was first reported in 1959 and occupies a historically significant role as the prototypical reaction for Cornforth's model of stereoinduction. Despite clear synthetic potential for these reagents, difficulties associated with producing ena...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Britton R,Kang B

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blue flower colors are primarily due to anthocyanin, a flavonoid pigment. Anthocyanin itself is purple in neutral aqueous solutions, ans its color is very unstable and quickly fades. Therefore, the mechanism of blue color development in living flower petals is one of the most intriguing problems in natural product che...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Yoshida K,Mori M,Kondo T

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review covers the morphology, isolation, total synthesis and biological activity of the naturally occurring alkaloids isolated from the Amaryllidaceae family, as well as the structurally related Sceletium alkaloids. ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Jin Z

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review covers the isolation, structural determination, synthesis and chemical and microbiological transformations of natural sesquiterpenoids. The literature from January to December 2003 is reviewed, and 389 references are cited. ...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Fraga BM

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review summarizes the state of knowledge on D-glucosamine-6P synthesis catalyzed by glucosamine-6P synthase. The mechanisms of L-glutamine hydrolysis, ammonia transfer and fructose-6P conversion into D-glucosamine-6P are analyzed with the E. coli enzyme in light of recent X-ray structures. With 92 references this...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Teplyakov A,Leriche C,Obmolova G,Badet B,Badet-Denisot MA

更新日期：2002-02-01 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：: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：:The biosynthesis of peptidoglycan is essential for all bacteria and has no counterpart in eukaryotic cells. It is one of the prime targets for antibiotic chemotherapy, especially phospho-MurNAc-pentapeptide translocase (translocase I) is a fascinating target in which there is no commercial antibiotic. In this review w...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Kimura K,Bugg TD

更新日期：2003-04-01 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 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：: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：: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：:This review focuses on recent developments in the use of natural products as therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease. The compounds span a diverse array of structural classes and are organized according to their mechanism of action, with the focus primarily on the major hypotheses. Overall, the review discusses more than...

journal_title：Natural product reports

authors： Williams P,Sorribas A,Howes MJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：: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：: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