{"title":"Chemical Diversity and Biological Activity of African Propolis.","authors":"N. Blicharska, V. Seidel","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-12858-6_3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12858-6_3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20703,"journal":{"name":"Progress in the chemistry of organic natural products","volume":"97 1","pages":"415-450"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85780048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Darlon Irineu Bernardi, Fernanda Oliveira das Chagas, Afif Felix Monteiro, Gabriel Franco Dos Santos, Roberto Gomes de Souza Berlinck
{"title":"Secondary Metabolites of Endophytic Actinomycetes: Isolation, Synthesis, Biosynthesis, and Biological Activities.","authors":"Darlon Irineu Bernardi, Fernanda Oliveira das Chagas, Afif Felix Monteiro, Gabriel Franco Dos Santos, Roberto Gomes de Souza Berlinck","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-01099-7_3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01099-7_3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Endophytic Actinobacteria are a microbial group that is still poorly investigated. Their association with plants constitutes a unique trait conferring specific biological and chemical features to endophytic Actinobacteria. This contribution discusses aspects of endophytic actinobacterial biology and chemistry comprehensively, including the biosynthesis and total synthesis of secondary metabolites produced in culture. It also presents perspectives for the future of microbial bioactive natural products discovery, with emphasis on the secondary metabolism of endophytic Actinobacteria.</p>","PeriodicalId":20703,"journal":{"name":"Progress in the chemistry of organic natural products","volume":"108 ","pages":"207-296"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/978-3-030-01099-7_3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37101992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bioactive Compounds Involved in the Life Cycle of Higher Plants.","authors":"H. Shigemori","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-12858-6_2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12858-6_2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20703,"journal":{"name":"Progress in the chemistry of organic natural products","volume":"100 1","pages":"385-413"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74401281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chemistry of the Secondary Metabolites of Termites.","authors":"E. Gössinger","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-12858-6_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12858-6_1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20703,"journal":{"name":"Progress in the chemistry of organic natural products","volume":"218 1","pages":"1-384"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77241615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cheminformatic Analysis of Natural Product Fragments.","authors":"D. Reker","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-14632-0_5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14632-0_5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20703,"journal":{"name":"Progress in the chemistry of organic natural products","volume":"18 1","pages":"143-175"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76365249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Resources for Chemical, Biological, and Structural Data on Natural Products.","authors":"Ya Chen, Christina de Bruyn Kops, J. Kirchmair","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-14632-0_2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14632-0_2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20703,"journal":{"name":"Progress in the chemistry of organic natural products","volume":"199 1","pages":"37-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86410796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Pharmacophore Concept and Its Applications in Computer-Aided Drug Design.","authors":"T. Seidel, D. Schuetz, A. Garon, T. Langer","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-14632-0_4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14632-0_4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20703,"journal":{"name":"Progress in the chemistry of organic natural products","volume":"55 1","pages":"99-141"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73425354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Strength-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats (SWOT) Analysis of Cheminformatics in Natural Product Research.","authors":"B. Kirchweger, J. Rollinger","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-14632-0_7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14632-0_7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20703,"journal":{"name":"Progress in the chemistry of organic natural products","volume":"6 1","pages":"239-271"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75250622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rachel Mata, Mario Figueroa, Andrés Navarrete, Isabel Rivero-Cruz
{"title":"Chemistry and Biology of Selected Mexican Medicinal Plants.","authors":"Rachel Mata, Mario Figueroa, Andrés Navarrete, Isabel Rivero-Cruz","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-01099-7_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01099-7_1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Herbal medicines are an integral element of alternative medical care in Mexico, and the best testimony to their efficacy and cultural value is their persistence in contemporary Mexican marketplaces where the highest percentages of medicinal and aromatic plants are sold. This chapter summarizes current trends in research on medicinal plants in Mexico, with emphasis on work carried out at the authors' laboratories. The most relevant phytochemical and pharmacological profiles of a selected group of plants used widely for treating major national health problems are described.From this contribution, it is evident that in the last five decades a significant amount of research on medicinal plants has been performed by Mexican scientists. Such efforts have led to the publication of many research papers in noted peer-reviewed journals and technical books. The isolation and structural characterization of hundreds of bioactive secondary metabolites have been accomplished, and most importantly, these studies have tended to support the ethnomedical uses of many different species. A multidisciplinary approach for investigating these plants has led to an increased emphasis on areas such as phytopharmacology, phytotoxicology, quality control, regulation, and conservation issues for these valuable resources. The medicinal plants analyzed so far have shown a very broad chemical diversity of their constituents, which have a high potential for exhibiting novel mechanistic effects biologically. The chapter shows also that there is need to conduct additional clinical studies on herbal drugs, in particular because the longstanding traditional evidence for their safety is not always sufficient to assure their rational use. There is also need to move to \"omics\" approaches for investigating the holistic effect and the influence of groups of phytochemicals on the whole organism. Mexican scientists may be expected to have bright prospects in this regard, which will imbue medicinal plant research with a new dynamism in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":20703,"journal":{"name":"Progress in the chemistry of organic natural products","volume":"108 ","pages":"1-142"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/978-3-030-01099-7_1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37276067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Biomolecular Targets of Oxyprenylated Phenylpropanoids and Polyketides.","authors":"Serena Fiorito, Francesco Epifano, Francesca Preziuso, Vito Alessandro Taddeo, Salvatore Genovese","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-01099-7_2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01099-7_2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Oxyprenylated secondary metabolites (e.g. phenylpropanoids and polyketides) represent a rare class of natural compounds. Over the past two decades, this group of phytochemicals has become a topic of intense research activity by several teams worldwide due to their in vitro and in vivo pharmacological activities, and to their great therapeutic and nutraceutical potential for the chemoprevention of acute and chronic diseases affecting humans. Such investigations have provided evidence that oxyprenylated secondary metabolites are able to interact with several biological targets at different levels accounting for their observed anticarcinogenic, anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective, immunomodulatory, antihypertensive, and metabolic effects. The aim of the present contribution is to provide a detailed survey of the so far reported data on the capacities of selected oxyprenylated phenylpropanoids and polyketides to trigger receptors, enzymes, and other types of cellular factors for which they exhibit a high degree of affinity and therefore evoke specific responses. With respect to the rather small amounts of these compounds available from natural sources, their chemical synthesis is also highlighted.</p>","PeriodicalId":20703,"journal":{"name":"Progress in the chemistry of organic natural products","volume":"108 ","pages":"143-205"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/978-3-030-01099-7_2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37101991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}