Archive for January, 2012

Natural Products in OBC

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, our sister journal, publishes many articles that cover natural product chemistry.

We will try to keep you updated, although the safest bet is for you to sign up to OBC’s e-alert (free service) and receive the table of content directly in your inbox every time an issue is published.

The latest natural products’ related articles have been collated here:

  • Limonoids

Kv1.2 potassium channel inhibitors from Chukrasia tabularis
Hong-Bing Liu, Hua Zhang, Ping Li, Yan Wu, Zhao-Bing Gao and Jian-Min Yue
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10, 1448-1458
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB06666H, Paper

  • Fungal glycolipid

Fusaroside, a unique glycolipid from Fusarium sp., an endophytic fungus isolated from Melia azedarach
Sheng-Xiang Yang, Hong-Peng Wang, Jin-Ming Gao, Qiang Zhang, Hartmut Laatsch and Yi Kuang
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10, 819-824
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB06426F

  • Pancratistatin analogues

A formal [3+3]-annulation-based approach to pancratistatins: total synthesis of (±)-7-deoxy-pancratistatin and its 2-epi and 2,4-diepi analogues
Olaia Nieto-García, Hugo Lago-Santomé, Fernando Cagide-Fagín, Juan Carlos Ortiz-Lara and Ricardo Alonso
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10, 825-834
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB06374J, Paper

  •  Bromotyrosine natural products

Syntheses of pseudoceramines A–D and a new synthesis of spermatinamine, bromotyrosine natural products from marine sponges J. Mikael Hillgren, Christopher T. Öberg and Mikael Elofsson
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10, 1246-1254
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB06722B, Paper

  • Alkaloids synthesis

One-pot reductive coupling of N-acylcarbamates with activated alkenes: application to the asymmetric synthesis of pyrrolo[1,2-a]azepin-5-one ring system and (−)-xenovenine Xue-Kui Liu, Xiao Zheng, Yuan-Ping Ruan, Jie Ma and Pei-Qiang Huang
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10, 1275-1284
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB06697H, Paper

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Top ten most accessed articles in November

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

Hot off the press
Robert A. Hill and Andrew Sutherland
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1879-1882
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP90043A

Pathways for degradation of lignin in bacteria and fungi
Timothy D. H. Bugg, Mark Ahmad, Elizabeth M. Hardiman and Rahman Rahmanpour
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1883-1896
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP00042J

Aminobenzoates as building blocks for natural product assembly lines
Christopher T. Walsh, Stuart W. Haynes and Brian D. Ames
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2012, 29, 37-59
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP00072A

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

Natural products and Pharma 2011: Strategic changes spur new opportunities
Guy T. Carter
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1783-1789
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP00033K

Isoprenoids in three-dimensional space: the stereochemistry of terpene biosynthesis
Jeroen S. Dickschat
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1917-1936
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP00063B

Sesquiterpene synthases: Passive catalysts or active players?
David J. Miller and Rudolf K. Allemann
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2012, 29, 60-71
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP00060H

The diazofluorene antitumor antibiotics: Structural elucidation, biosynthetic, synthetic, and chemical biological studies
Seth B. Herzon and Christina M. Woo
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2012, 29, 87-118
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP00052G

Multitargeting by curcumin as revealed by molecular interaction studies
Subash C. Gupta, Sahdeo Prasad, Ji Hye Kim, Sridevi Patchva, Lauren J. Webb, Indira K. Priyadarsini and Bharat B. Aggarwal
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1937-1955
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP00051A

Influenza neuraminidase: A druggable target for natural products
Ulrike Grienke, Michaela Schmidtke, Susanne von Grafenstein, Johannes Kirchmair, Klaus R. Liedl and Judith M. Rollinger
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2012, 29, 11-36
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP00053E

Why not take a look at the articles today and blog your thoughts and comments below.

Fancy submitting an article to Natural Product Reports? Then why not submit to us today or alternatively email us your suggestions.

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Dean Tantillo wins 2012 NPR Lecture Award

Dean TantilloWe are delighted to announce that Professor Dean Tantillo from the University of California, Davis (USA) is the winner of the 2011 NPR Lecture Award. Professor Tantillo was selected for his work in the field of enzymology.

“It is an honor to be chosen as the 2012 NPR lecturer,” Professor Tantillo commented on receiving the award. “My students at UC Davis have worked hard to show how theoretical chemistry can contribute to natural products research and I am delighted that a fantastic journal like NPR supports this growing part of the natural products community. Thanks!”

The conference at which the lecture will be delivered will be announced in due course.

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. You can view Professor Tantillo’s recent article for NPR below:

Biosynthesis via carbocations: Theoretical studies on terpene formation
Dean J. Tantillo
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1035-1053
DOI: 10.1039/C1NP00006C

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New additions to the macrocyclic bisbibenzyl family on the cover of NPR issue 2

Issue 2 of NPR is now online, including our regular Hot off the Press feature from Robert A. Hill and Andrew Sutherland and the latest marine natural products review from John Blunt et al.

The interesting cover article is from David Harrowven and Sarah Kostiuk, highlighting their review on the synthesis and stereochemistry of newly discovered macrocyclic bisbenzyl natural products, a group commonly, but not exclusively, found in the bryophyte plant family. The review provides at timely update to that by G. M. Keserű and M. Nógrádi in 1995.

The issue also includes a Highlight article from Paris Hamilton and Dev Arya on natural product DNA major groove binders, and reviews on the biosynthesis of 3-amino-5-hydroxybenzoic acid-derived NPs and angucyclines.

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Meet the NPR team

The NPR team will be attending a number of conferences in 2012 and we would be delighted to meet you.

Dr Marie Cote, Deputy Editor

Dr Richard Kelly, Managing Editor


Here are just some of the conferences where you can meet us in the coming months:

Please let us know if you are planning on attending any of these meetings, as it would be lovely to meet you there!

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