[HTML][HTML] Small molecule metabolites: discovery of biomarkers and therapeutic targets

S Qiu, Y Cai, H Yao, C Lin, Y Xie, S Tang… - Signal Transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Metabolic abnormalities lead to the dysfunction of metabolic pathways and metabolite
accumulation or deficiency which is well-recognized hallmarks of diseases. Metabolite …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of marine chemical ecology research on the discovery and development of new pharmaceuticals

LT Tan - Marine Drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
Diverse ecologically important metabolites, such as allelochemicals, infochemicals and
volatile organic chemicals, are involved in marine organismal interactions. Chemically …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in the integration of metabolomics and metagenomics for human gut microbiome and their clinical applications

F Puig-Castellví, R Pacheco-Tapia, M Deslande… - TrAC Trends in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The human microbiome and its metabolic output play an important role in shaping human
health and disease. The host-microbe crosstalk is often characterised using metabolomics …

[HTML][HTML] Connecting metabolome and phenotype: recent advances in functional metabolomics tools for the identification of bioactive natural products

GA Vitale, C Geibel, V Minda, M Wang, AT Aron… - Natural Product …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 1995 to 2023Advances in bioanalytical methods, particularly mass spectrometry,
have provided valuable molecular insights into the mechanisms of life. Non-targeted …

Marine indole alkaloid diversity and bioactivity. What do we know and what are we missing?

DC Holland, AR Carroll - Natural Product Reports, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: marine indole alkaloids (n= 2048) and their reported bioactivities up to the end of
2021 Despite increasing numbers of marine natural products (MNPs) reported each year …

Unlocking the potential of bacterial endophytes from medicinal plants for drug discovery

SB Zotchev - Microbial Biotechnology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Among the plant‐associated microorganisms, the so‐called endophytes continue to attract
much attention because of their ability not only to protect host plants from biotic and abiotic …

[HTML][HTML] Computation-aided studies related to the induction of specialized metabolite biosynthesis in microbial co-cultures: An introductory overview

T Boruta - Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Co-cultivation is an effective method of inducing the production of specialized metabolites
(SMs) in microbial strains. By mimicking the ecological interactions that take place in natural …

The insect microbiome is a vast source of bioactive small molecules

CO Grundmann, J Guzman, A Vilcinskas… - Natural Product …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: September 1964 to June 2023Bacteria and fungi living in symbiosis with insects
have been studied over the last sixty years and found to be important sources of bioactive …

[HTML][HTML] Expanding Actinomycetota Diversity in the TBRC Culture Collection through Metabarcoding and Simulated In Situ Cultivation of Thailand's Mekong River …

S Kitikhun, P Siriarchawattana, S Chunhametha… - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
Culture-independent and culture-dependent approaches were employed to investigate the
taxonomic diversity and biosynthetic gene cluster potential of Actinomycetota in the Mekong …

Critical analysis of polycyclic tetramate macrolactam biosynthetic gene cluster phylogeny and functional diversity

CP Harper, A Day, M Tsingos, E Ding… - Applied and …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Polycyclic tetramate macrolactams (PTMs) are bioactive natural products commonly
associated with certain actinobacterial and proteobacterial lineages. These molecules have …