Marine natural products

AR Carroll, BR Copp, RA Davis, RA Keyzers… - Natural product …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2020 This review covers the literature published in 2020 for marine natural
products (MNPs), with 757 citations (747 for the period January to December 2020) referring …

The chemistry and biology of fungal meroterpenoids (2009–2019)

M Jiang, Z Wu, L Liu, S Chen - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Fungal meroterpenoids are secondary metabolites from mixed terpene-biosynthetic origins.
Their intriguing chemical structural diversification and complexity, potential bioactivities, and …

A catalytic asymmetric hydrolactonization

R Maji, S Ghosh, O Grossmann, P Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Despite recent advancements in the development of catalytic asymmetric electrophile
induced lactonization reactions of olefinic carboxylic acids, the archetypical …

Macroalgae specialized metabolites: evidence for their anti-inflammatory health benefits

DHA Rocha, DCGA Pinto, AMS Silva - Marine Drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Inflammation is an organism's response to chemical or physical injury. It is split into acute
and chronic inflammation and is the last, most significant cause of death worldwide …

[HTML][HTML] Trichoderma species from plant and soil: An excellent resource for biosynthesis of terpenoids with versatile bioactivities

B Bai, C Liu, C Zhang, X He, H Wang, W Peng… - Journal of advanced …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Trichoderma species are rich source of bioactive secondary metabolites. In the
past decades, a series of secondary metabolites were reported from different Trichoderma …

Anticancer effect of terpenes: focus on malignant melanoma

P Wróblewska-Łuczka, J Cabaj, J Bargieł… - Pharmacological …, 2023 - Springer
Melanoma is a highly aggressive and life-threatening form of skin cancer that accounts for a
significant proportion of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Although conventional cancer …

The tetrahydrofuran motif in marine lipids and terpenes

P González-Andrés, L Fernández-Peña, C Díez-Poza… - Marine drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Heterocycles are particularly common moieties within marine natural products. Specifically,
tetrahydrofuranyl rings are present in a variety of compounds which present complex …

Marine resources offer new compounds and strategies for the treatment of skin and soft tissue infections

A Labes - Marine Drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
Bioprospecting of the marine environment for drug development has gained much attention
in recent years owing to its massive chemical and biological diversity. Drugs for the …

Unusual secondary metabolites from the mangrove ecosystems: Structures, bioactivities, chemical, and bio-syntheses

MJ Wu, B Xu, YW Guo - Marine Drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mangrove ecosystems are widely distributed in the intertidal zone of tropical and subtropical
estuaries or coasts, containing abundant biological communities, for example, mangrove …

Diterpenes specially produced by fungi: Structures, biological activities, and biosynthesis (2010–2020)

FL Zhang, T Feng - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fungi have traditionally been a very rewarding source of biologically active natural products,
while diterpenoids from fungi, such as the cyathane-type diterpenoids from Cyathus and …