Natural Products in Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry – our latest selection

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.

Hand-picked for you from the latest issues are:

Methylthiodeoxynivalenol (MTD): insight into the chemistry, structure and toxicity of thia-Michael adducts of trichothecenes
Philipp Fruhmann, Theresa Weigl-Pollack, Hannes Mikula, Gerlinde Wiesenberger, Gerhard Adam, Elisabeth Varga, Franz Berthiller, Rudolf Krska, Christian Hametner and Johannes Fröhlich
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014,12, 5144-5150
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB00458B

An efficient synthesis of methyl 2-cyano-3,12-dioxoursol-1,9-dien-28-oate (CDDU-methyl ester): analogues, biological activities, and comparison with oleanolic acid derivatives
Liangfeng Fu, Qi-Xian Lin, Karen T. Liby, Michael B. Sporn and Gordon W. Gribble
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014,12, 5192-5200
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB00679H

Marine natural products-inspired phenylmethylene hydantoins with potent in vitro and in vivo antitumor activities via suppression of Brk and FAK signaling
Asmaa A. Sallam, Mohamed M. Mohyeldin, Ahmed I. Foudah, Mohamed R. Akl, Sami Nazzal, Sharon A. Meyer, Yong-Yu Liu and Khalid A. El Sayed
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014,12, 5295-5303
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB00553H

Enantioselective palladium catalyzed conjugate additions of ortho-substituted arylboronic acids to β,β-disubstituted cyclic enones: total synthesis of herbertenediol, enokipodin A and enokipodin B
Jeffrey Buter, Renée Moezelaar and Adriaan J. Minnaard
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014,12, 5883-5890
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01085J

Synthesis and evaluation of the anticancer activity of albiziabioside A and its analogues as apoptosis inducers against human melanoma cells
Gaofei Wei, Shuai Wang, Shanshan Cui, Jia Guo, Yongxiang Liu, Yang Liu and Maosheng Cheng
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014,12, 5928-5935
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB00874J

An unusual mulinane diterpenoid from the Chilean plant Azorella trifurcata (Gaertn) Pers
Carlos Areche, Beatriz Sepulveda, Aurelio San Martin, Olimpo Garcia-Beltrán, Mario Simirgiotis and Alvaro Cañete
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014,12, 6406-6413
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB00966E

Total synthesis of the cyclic monoterpenoid pyrano[3,2-a]carbazole alkaloids derived from 2-hydroxy-6-methylcarbazole
Cemena Gassner, Ronny Hesse, Arndt W. Schmidt and Hans-Joachim Knölker
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014,12, 6490-6499
DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01151A

We hope you enjoy this selection! Let us know what you think…
… and why not submit your latest natural product research to OBC today?

Digg This
Reddit This
Stumble Now!
Share on Facebook
Bookmark this on Delicious
Share on LinkedIn
Bookmark this on Technorati
Post on Twitter
Google Buzz (aka. Google Reader)