Abstract Background Spiny bollworm, Earias insulana is a serious cotton pest in Egypt.
Besides the economic losses it caused, treatment with chemical insecticides has negative …

There has been a tremendous increase in the rate of new terpenoids from marine-derived
fungi being discovered, while new monoterpenes were rarely isolated from marine-derived …

Abstract Spiroxins A, C, and D are metabolites that have been identified in the marine fungal
strain LL‐37H248. Their unique polycyclic structures and intriguing biological activities …

Five bergamotane sesquiterpenoid derivatives, brasilterpenes A–E (1–5), bearing an
unreported spiral 6/4/5 tricyclic ring system, were isolated from the deep sea-derived …

Abstract Vernonanthura nebularum (Cabrera) H. Rob.(Asteraceae), an endemic species
from the north of Argentina, is a rich source of elephantopus-type sesquiterpene lactones …

The discovery of new bioactive compounds from marine natural sources is very important in
pharmacological research. Here we developed a Wnt responsive luciferase reporter assay …

Chemical investigation on the deep-sea-derived fungus Penicillium granulatum MCCC
3A00475 led to the isolation of a previously undescribed (roquefortine J, 1) and four known …

CotB2 catalyzes the first committed step in cyclooctatin biosynthesis of the soil bacterium
Streptomyces melanosporofaciens. To date, CotB2 represents the best studied bacterial …

Obesity is a complex disease resulting in several metabolic co-morbidities and is increasing
at epidemic rates. The marine environment is an interesting resource of novel compounds …

Fungal genomes carry many gene clusters seemingly capable of natural products
biosynthesis, yet most clusters remain cryptic or down-regulated. Genome mining revealed …