Covering: 2012. Previous review: Nat. Prod. Rep. 2012, 29, 1334. This review covers the
isolation, structural determination, synthesis and chemical and microbiological …

Neurotrophic factors, now termed neurotrophins, which belong to a class of polypeptidyl
agents, have been shown to potentially be beneficial for the treatment of neurodegenerative …

Dunnianol, a natural sesqui-neoligan derived from the leaves and stems of Illicium simonsii
Maxim, has been found to possess moderate antibacterial activity. To improve the …

Global Natural Product Social feature-based networking was applied to follow the
phytochemicals, including nine flavonoid glycosides, six catechins, and three flavonols in …

Illicium difengpi is well-known as its stem barks that have been widely used in the
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for therapy rheumatoid arthritis and traumatic injury. To …

One undescribed diterpenoid illisimonone A, four undescribed sesquiterpenes named (±)-
simonones A, simonterpenoids A and B, and two undescribed lignans, illisimonins A and B …

Lignans are widely distributed in nature, primarily found in the xylem and resins of plants,
with the constituent units C 6-C 3, and their dimers are the most common in plants. In recent …

As part of our ongoing search for novel and bioactive natural products in Karst plants, two
new sesqui-neolignans, difengpienol A (1) and difengpienol B (2), together with two known …

Two new sesqui-neolignans with novel conjugation way, simonol A (1), featuring a unique
motif of a 5, 5-dihydro-pyran with a hemiketal carbon, while simonol B (2) possessing two …

Chemical investigation of the aerial parts of Illicium simonsii resulted in the isolation of nine
new compounds, simonsols A− E (1–5), simonsins A− B (7–8), terpene-sesquineolignans …