June 2012 – Natural Products Blog

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2011 Impact Factor for OBC, MedChemComm & NPR

29 Jun 2012

The 2011 Journal Citation Reports ® (Thomson Reuters, 2012) have just been released, which showed:

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry: 3.696

MedChemComm: 2.8 (Partial IF only, based on five issues)

Natural Product Reports: 9.79

The Cambridge Editorial Office would like to thank everyone involved for their hard work and dedication to all three journals over the years. In particular, we would like to thank all of our Associate Editors, Editorial and Advisory Board members, authors and referees, without whom none of this would have been possible.

With another successful year in the bag, we hope you will join us in making this year even better…

Read more about the 2011 Impact Factors from across RSC Publishing on the RSC Publishing Blog.

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Rare glycosylation of peptides and proteins on the cover of this month’s issue of NPR

22 Jun 2012

Welcome to NPR issue 7, 2012

Richard Daniellou and Pierre Lafite (ICOA, Orleans, France) have designed this issue’s cover, illustrating their review article on rare and unusual glycosylation of peptides and proteins.
Glycosylation represents the most complex co- and post-translational modification of proteins, and the article focuses on the source and nature of rare glycosidic linkages, rare carbohydrates, and the mechanism of glycosyltransferases, providing the reader with a complete overview of this very relevant topic.

Rare and unusual glycosylation of peptides and proteins
Pierre Lafite and Richard Daniellou
DOI: 10.1039/C2NP20030A

Also in this issue, we trust you will enjoy:

The isoprenoid-precursor dependence of Plasmodium spp.
Jan-Ytzen van der Meer and Anna K. H. Hirsch
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2012, 29, 721-728

Assessing calcareous sponges and their associated bacteria for the discovery of new bioactive natural products
Mélanie Roué, Elodie Quévrain, Isabelle Domart-Coulon and Marie-Lise Bourguet-Kondracki
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2012, 29, 739-751

Synthetic approaches toward sesterterpenoids
Daniel T. Hog, Robert Webster and Dirk Trauner
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2012, 29, 752-779

Authored by NPR Board Member Dirk Trauner and members of his team, why not view Dirk’s profile on our blog… Read.

Also containing the all time favourite:

Triterpenoids
Robert A. Hill and Joseph D. Connolly
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2012, 29, 780-818

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NPR example articles

22 Jun 2012

Natural Product Reports publishes critical and thought-provoking reviews across a broad range of areas of natural products research, including biosynthesis, synthesis, pharmacology, marine & terrestrial natural products and carbohydrates. Take a look at example articles from 2011 from each of these key topic areas:

Biosynthesis

Ergot alkaloids: structure diversity, biosynthetic gene clusters and functional proof of biosynthetic genes
Christiane Wallwey and Shu-Ming Li
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 496-510

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

Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology

Bringing natural products into the fold – exploring the therapeutic lead potential of secondary metabolites for the treatment of protein-misfolding-related neurodegenerative diseases
P. Matthew Joyner and Robert H. Cichewicz
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 26

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

Moenomycin family antibiotics: chemical synthesis, biosynthesis, and biological activity
Bohdan Ostash and Suzanne Walker
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2010, 27, 1594-1617

Platensimycin and its relatives: A recent story in the struggle to develop new naturally derived antibiotics
Muhammad Saleem, Hidayat Hussain, Ishtiaq Ahmed, Teunis van Ree and Karsten Krohn
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1534-1579

Organic synthesis

Synthetic approaches to oligomeric natural products
Scott A. Snyder, Adel M. ElSohly and Ferenc Kontes
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 897-924

Chlorosulfolipids: Structure, synthesis, and biological relevance
D. Karl Bedke and Christopher D. Vanderwal
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 15-25

Marine Natural Products

A sea of biosynthesis: marine natural products meet the molecular age
Amy L. Lane and Bradley S. Moore
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 411-428

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

Production and role of volatile halogenated compounds from marine algae
Carsten Paul and Georg Pohnert
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 186-195

Terrestrial Natural Products

Flavonoids and their glycosides, including anthocyanins
Nigel C. Veitch and Renée J. Grayer
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1626-1695

Combinatorial biosynthesis in plants: A (p)review on its potential and future exploitation
Jacob Pollier, Tessa Moses and Alain Goossens
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 1897-1916

Natural products and Chagas’ disease: a review of plant compounds studied for activity against Trypanosoma cruzi
Erika Izumi, Tânia Ueda-Nakamura, Benedito Prado Dias Filho, Valdir Florêncio Veiga Júnior and Celso Vataru Nakamura
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 809-823

Carbohydrates

Natural glycoconjugates with antitumor activity
Barbara La Ferla, Cristina Airoldi, Cristiano Zona, Alexandre Orsato, Francisco Cardona, Silvia Merlo, Erika Sironi, Giuseppe D’Orazio and Francesco Nicotra
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 630-648

Natural glycans and glycoconjugates as immunomodulating agents
Ilona Chlubnová, Balla Sylla, Caroline Nugier-Chauvin, Richard Daniellou, Laurent Legentil, Blanka Kralová and Vincent Ferrières
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 937-952

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Natural products in OBC

21 Jun 2012

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

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

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

First total synthesis of (+)-indicanone
Yujiro Hayashi, Kumiko Ogawa, Fuyuhiko Inagaki and Chisato Mukai
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10, 4747-4751
DOI: 10.1039/C2OB25500F, Paper

Synthesis of the trans-hydrindane core of dictyoxetane
Benedicte Defaut, Thomas B. Parsons, Neil Spencer, Louise Male, Benson M. Kariuki and Richard S. Grainger
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10, 4926-4932
DOI: 10.1039/C2OB25384D, Paper

A novel C,D-spirolactone analogue of paclitaxel: autophagy instead of apoptosis as a previously unknown mechanism of cytotoxic action for taxoids
Milena V. Trmcic, Radomir V. Matovic, Gordana I. Tovilovic, Biljana Z. Ristic, Vladimir S. Trajkovic, Zorana B. Ferjancic and Radomir N. Saicic
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10, 4933-4942
DOI: 10.1039/C2OB25514F, Paper

Rubesanolides C–E: abietane diterpenoids isolated from Isodon rubescens and evaluation of their anti-biofilm activity
Juan Zou, Lutai Pan, Qiji Li, Jianxin Pu, Ping Yao, Min Zhu, Jeffrey A. Banas, Hongjie Zhang and Handong Sun
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10, 5039-5044
DOI: 10.1039/C2OB25192B, Paper

First total synthesis of the biscarbazole alkaloid oxydimurrayafoline
Carsten Börger, Micha P. Krahl, Margit Gruner, Olga Kataeva and Hans-Joachim Knölker
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10, 5189-5193
DOI: 10.1039/C2OB25842K, Communication

Total synthesis of indole-3-acetonitrile-4-methoxy-2-C-β-D-glucopyranoside. Proposal for structural revision of the natural product
Akop Yepremyan and Thomas G. Minehan
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10, 5194-5196
DOI: 10.1039/C2OB25821H, Communication

Asymmetric formal synthesis of schulzeines A and C
Jaebong Jang, Jong-Wha Jung, Jaeseung Ahn, Jaehoon Sim, Dong-Jo Chang, Dae-Duk Kim and Young-Ger Suh
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10, 5202-5204
DOI: 10.1039/C2OB25772F, Communication

First diastereoselective synthesis of methyl caffeoyl- and feruloyl-muco-quinates
Rakesh Jaiswal, Michael H. Dickman and Nikolai Kuhnert
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10, 5266-5277
DOI: 10.1039/C2OB25124H, Paper

Also of interest is the Natural Products themed issue from MedChemComm, and this OBC blog featuring 10 of the best, most highly cited papers covering natural products from the past 10 years.

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Top ten most accessed articles in April

06 Jun 2012

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

Recent discovery of plant-derived anti-diabetic natural products
Hsin-Yi Hung, Keduo Qian, Susan L. Morris-Natschke, Chau-Shin Hsu and Kuo-Hsiung Lee
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2012, 29, 580-606
DOI: 10.1039/C2NP00074A

Marine natural products
John W. Blunt, Brent R. Copp, Robert A. Keyzers, Murray H. G. Munro and Michèle R. Prinsep
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2012, 29, 144-222
DOI: 10.1039/C2NP00090C

NMR in natural products: understanding conformation, configuration and receptor interactions
Teresa Carlomagno
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2012, 29, 536-554
DOI: 10.1039/C2NP00098A

Cytotoxic and antioxidant marine prenylated quinones and hydroquinones
Suthananda N. Sunassee and Michael T. Davies-Coleman
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2012, 29, 513-535
DOI: 10.1039/C2NP00086E

Electrophilic natural products and their biological targets
Malte Gersch, Johannes Kreuzer and Stephan A. Sieber
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2012, 29, 659-682
DOI: 10.1039/C2NP20012K

Pheromones, attractants and other chemical cues of aquatic organisms and amphibians
Scott F. Cummins and John H. Bowie
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2012, 29, 642-658
DOI: 10.1039/C2NP00102K

Hot off the press
Robert A. Hill and Andrew Sutherland
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2012, 29, 435-439
DOI: 10.1039/C2NP90008D

Insights from the sea: Structural biology of marine polyketide synthases
David L. Akey, Jennifer J. Gehret, Dheeraj Khare and Janet L. Smith
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2NP20016C

The taxonomy, biology and chemistry of the fungal Pestalotiopsis genus
Xiao-Long Yang, Jing-Ze Zhang and Du-Qiang Luo
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2012, 29, 622-641
DOI: 10.1039/C2NP00073C

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

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

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