Archive for August, 2011

Top ten most accessed articles in July

31 Aug 2011

This month sees the following articles in Natural Product Reports that are in the top ten most accessed:

Natural products in anti-obesity therapy
Ilze Vermaak, Alvaro M. Viljoen and Josias H. Hamman
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1493-1533
DOI: 10.1039/c1np00035g

Hot off the Press
Robert A. Hill and Andrew Sutherland
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1345-1349
DOI: 10.1039/c1np90027g

Piperazic acid-containing natural products: Isolation, biological relevance and total synthesis
Alexander J. Oelke, David J. France, Tatjana Hofmann, Georg Wuitschik and Steven V. Ley
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1445-1471
DOI: 10.1039/c1np00041a

Diterpenoids of terrestrial origin
James R. Hanson
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/c1np90021h

Marine natural products
John W. Blunt, Brent R. Copp, Murray H. G. Munro, Peter T. Northcote and Michèle R. Prinsep
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 196-268
DOI: 10.1039/C005001F

Plant volatiles: Production, function and pharmacology
Massimo E. Maffei, Jürg Gertsch and Giovanni Appendino
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1359-1380
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP00021G

Anticancer compounds derived from fungal endophytes: their importance and future challenges
Ravindra N. Kharwar, Ashish Mishra, Surendra K. Gond, Andrea Stierle and Donald Stierle
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1208-1228
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP00008J

Natural products containing a diazo group
Christopher C. Nawrat and Christopher J. Moody
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1426-1444
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP00031D

Metabolic engineering is key to a sustainable chemical industry
Annabel C. Murphy
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1406-1425
DOI: 10.1039/c1np00029b

Antibiotic activities of host defense peptides: more to it than lipid bilayer perturbation
Miriam Wilmes, Bruno P. A. Cammue, Hans-Georg Sahl and Karin Thevissen
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1350-1358
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP00022E

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Top ten most accessed articles in June

22 Aug 2011

This month sees the following articles in Natural Product Reports that are in the top ten most accessed:

Anticancer compounds derived from fungal endophytes: their importance and future challenges
Ravindra N. Kharwar, Ashish Mishra, Surendra K. Gond, Andrea Stierle and Donald Stierle
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1208-1228
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP00008J

Are we ready for industrial production of bioactive plant secondary metabolites utilizing endophytes?
Souvik Kusari and Michael Spiteller
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1203-1207
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP00030F

Natural products containing a diazo group
Christopher C. Nawrat and Christopher J. Moody
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1426-1444
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP00031D

The regulation of the secondary metabolism of Streptomyces: new links and experimental advances
Gilles P. van Wezel and Kenneth J. McDowall
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1311-1333
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP00003A

Plant volatiles: Production, function and pharmacology
Massimo E. Maffei, Jürg Gertsch and Giovanni Appendino
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1359-1380
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP00021G

Marine natural products
John W. Blunt, Brent R. Copp, Murray H. G. Munro, Peter T. Northcote and Michèle R. Prinsep
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 196-268
DOI: 10.1039/C005001F

Hot off the press
Robert A. Hill and Andrew Sutherland
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1031-1034
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP90013G

Antibiotic activities of host defense peptides: more to it than lipid bilayer perturbation
Miriam Wilmes, Bruno P. A. Cammue, Hans-Georg Sahl and Karin Thevissen
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1350-1358
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP00022E

Biosynthesis, asymmetric synthesis, and pharmacology, including cellular targets, of the pyrrole-2-aminoimidazole marine alkaloids
Ali Al-Mourabit, Manuel A. Zancanella, Supriya Tilvi and Daniel Romo
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1229-1260
DOI: 10.1039/C0NP00013B

Perspectives on the structural and biosynthetic interrelationships between oxygenated furanocembranoids and their polycyclic congeners found in corals
Yi Li and Gerald Pattenden
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1269-1310
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP00023C

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NPR Issue 9 now available online

22 Aug 2011

The latest issue of Natural Product Reports is now online, and features a review from Ronald J. Quinn et al. on the cover.  Their article examines Protein Fold Topology correlations between natural products and biosynthetic enzymes and therapeutic targets and suggests that this could explain why nature produces such a large proportion of existing drugs.

Also in the issue we have an article from Alvaro M. Vijoen on natural products in anti-obesity therapy, a review from Muhammad Saleem and Karsten Krohn on difficulties in developing new naturally derived antibiotics, and a regular review article from Braulio M. Fraga on natural sesquiterpenoids.

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NPR Lecture Award presented at ASP 2011

16 Aug 2011

The NPR Lecture Award was presented to 2011 winner Christian Hertweck at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Pharmacognosy in San Diego last month. Professor Christian Hertweck from the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research in Jena, Germany was selected for his contribution to the field of biosynthesis.

NPR Editorial Board Chair Professor Bradley Moore presents Professor Christian Hertweck with his award. Photograph courtesy of Andrew Schultz

The NPR Lecture Award is awarded to a researcher who has made a significant contribution to the field of natural products and who has also had some involvement with the journal. Professor Hertweck has authored a number of articles for NPR and you can view his most recent articles below:

The chemistry and biology of cytochalasans
Kirstin Scherlach, Daniela Boettger, Nicole Remme and Christian Hertweck
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2010, 27, 869-886

Type II polyketide synthases: gaining a deeper insight into enzymatic teamwork
Christian Hertweck, Andriy Luzhetskyy, Yuri Rebets and Andreas Bechthold
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2007, 24, 162-190

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