Volume 26 Number 11 2009

The marine actinomycete bacterium Salinispora arenicola dedicates over 10% of its genome to the biosynthesis of natural products, some of which are illustrated here. Image and photos by Andrew Schultz, Michael Wilson and Bradley Moore.
DOI: 10.1039/B817069J

Volume 26 Number 10 2009

The cover image shows the Chinese herb Justicia procumbens L. (Acanthaceae). This is used as a herbal remedy in China for the treatment of fever, pain due to laryngopharyngeal swelling, and cancer.
DOI: 10.1039/b910940d

Volume 26 Number 9 2009

The cover image shows the Mexican bush sage, Salvia leucantha, whose genus name is derived from the Latin for ''to heal''. A number of diterpenoids are produced by Salvia species, including the hallucinogenic salvinorin A.
DOI: 10.1039/b807311m

Volume 26 Number 8 2009

Pomegranates are a rich source of ellagitannins, principally in the form the punicallagins, which following ingestion are converted to urolithins by the colonic microflora. Image supplied courtesy of PomWonderful
DOI: 10.1039/b802662a

Volume 26 Number 7 2009

Those blue petals contain different anthocyanins and develop each blue color by various mechanisms, e.g. metal-complexation, molecular stacking, and/or vacuolar alkalization
DOI: 10.1039/B800165K

Volume 26 Number 6 2009

Members of the marine plankton community. Top-left: the copepod Pseudodiaptomus coronatus. Top-right: the diatom Rhizosolenia setigera. Bottom-left: the dinoflagellate Akashiwo sanguinea. Bottom-right: the rotifer Brachionus manjavacas. Photo credits: P. coronatus (R. Lasley), R. setigera (R.D. Sieg), A. sanguinea (J. Kubanek), B. manjavacas (E.P. Stout)
DOI: 10.1039/B806214P

Volume 26 Number 5 2009

The cover is taken from 'Recent advances in the chemistry, biosynthesis and pharmacology of rapamycin analogs'
DOI: 10.1039/b804602f

Volume 26 Number 4 2009

The image illustrates the shells of the marine snails Conus marmoreus, Conus geographus, Conus textile and Conus leopardus, together with a-conotoxins from these and other cone snails. These peptidic toxins target the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, one subunit of which is shown in the centre. Because of their exquisite selectivity for individual receptor subtypes, conotoxins make excellent neuroscience probes and drug leads.
DOI: 10.1039/b819311h

Volume 26 Number 3 2009

Unidentified Didemnid Ascidian from Taveuni, Fiji, collected 2008
DOI: 10.1039/b902928c

Volume 26 Number 2 2009

A bryzoan of the genus Triphyllozoon collected from the Fijian island of Taveuni at a depth of 10m
DOI: 10.1039/b805113p

Volume 26 Number 1 2009

Molecules derived from the extremes of life.
DOI: 10.1039/b800164M