Harnessing the properties of natural products

A Boufridi, RJ Quinn - Annual review of pharmacology and …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Natural products (NPs) have been used as traditional medicines since antiquity. With more
than 1060 estimated compounds with molecular weights less than 500 Da representing …

Pseudo-natural products and natural product-inspired methods in chemical biology and drug discovery

M Grigalunas, A Burhop, A Christoforow… - Current Opinion in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Through evolution, nature has provided natural products (NPs) as a rich source of diverse
bioactive material. Many drug discovery programs have used nature as an inspiration for the …

The landscape of natural product diversity and their pharmacological relevance from a focus on the Dictionary of Natural Products®

F Chassagne, G Cabanac, G Hubert, B David… - Phytochemistry …, 2019 - Springer
Nature is considered a prolific source of diverse biologically active chemotypes. While most
reviews have focused on the characteristics of the chemical backbones of natural products …

Why are the majority of active compounds in the CNS domain natural products? A critical analysis

SS Bharate, S Mignani… - Journal of medicinal …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Small-molecule natural products (NPs) have a long and successful track record of providing
first-in-class drugs and pharmacophore (scaffolds) in all therapeutic areas, serving as a …

Underexplored opportunities for natural products in drug discovery: miniperspective

BL DeCorte - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
The importance of natural products in the treatment of human disease is well documented.
While natural products continue to have a profound impact on human health, chemists have …

Natural products for human health: an historical overview of the drug discovery approaches

S Bernardini, A Tiezzi, V Laghezza Masci… - Natural product …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Natural products (NPs) are secondary metabolites produced and used by organisms for
defending or adapting purposes. These molecules were naturally selected during thousands …

[PDF][PDF] 3.08—Natural products drug discovery

G Appendino, G Fontana… - … Natural Products II …, 2010 - researchgate.net
Over the past two decades natural products drug discovery has been increasingly de-
emphasized by pharmaceutical companies. Although heralded on the verge of a comeback …

Progress in approved drugs from natural product resources

LUO Zhongwen, YIN Fucheng, W Xiaobing… - Chinese Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Natural products (NPs) have consistently played a pivotal role in pharmaceutical research,
exerting profound impacts on the treatment of human diseases. A significant proportion of …

Natural products and drug discovery: A survey of stakeholders in industry and academia

V Amirkia, M Heinrich - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Context: In recent decades, natural products have undisputedly played a leading role in the
development of novel medicines. Yet, trends in the pharmaceutical industry at the level of …

Medicines from nature: are natural products still relevant to drug discovery?

AL Harvey - Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 1999 - cell.com
Historically, most drugs have been derived from natural products, but there has been a shift
away from their use with the increasing predominance of molecular approaches to drug …