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Contents list for Natural Product Reports, issue 1, 2009
Front cover
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2009, 26, 1
DOI: 10.1039/b821737h
Contents and Chemical Biology
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2009, 26, 3
DOI: 10.1039/b821739b
Editorial
Happy New Year to all Natural Product Reports authors and readers
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2009, 26, 9
DOI: 10.1039/b819603f
Highlight
Naturally diverse: highlights in versatile synthetic methods enabling target- and diversity-oriented synthesis
Jared T. Shaw,
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2009, 26, 11
DOI: 10.1039/b814468k
This Highlight describes the divergent role of new synthetic methods that enable the synthesis of natural products and libraries of small molecules. The functional differences between the products of both efforts are discussed.
Review Articles
Aplyronine A, a potent antitumour macrolide of marine origin, and the congeners aplyronines B–H: chemistry and biology
Kiyoyuki Yamada, Makoto Ojika, Hideo Kigoshi and Kiyotake Suenaga,
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2009, 26, 27
DOI: 10.1039/b800263k
This review covers the results of research into the chemistry and biology of aplyronine A and its congeners aplyronines B–H, isolated from the sea hare Aplysia kurodai.
Molecules derived from the extremes of life
Zoe E. Wilson and Margaret A. Brimble,
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2009, 26, 44
DOI: 10.1039/b800164m
Extremophiles have become a hot topic in the last quarter of a century. This review details the diverse array of molecules that have been isolated from extremophilic and extreme-tolerant microorganisms.
Boswellic acids: a group of medicinally important compounds
Bhahwal Ali Shah, Ghulam Nabi Qazi and Subhash Chandra Taneja,
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2009, 26, 72
DOI: 10.1039/b809437n
This review of boswellic acids, containing over 276 references, covers the progress made in the chemistry and bioactivity of this important group of triterpenoids.
Biosynthesis of polyketide synthase extender units
Yolande A. Chan, Angela M. Podevels, Brian M. Kevany and Michael G. Thomas,
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2009, 26, 90
DOI: 10.1039/b801658p
This review covers the biosynthesis of extender units that are utilized for the assembly of polyketides by polyketide synthases. The metabolic origins of each of the currently known polyketide synthase extender units are covered.
Unusually cyclized triterpenes: occurrence, biosynthesis and chemical synthesis
Victoriano Domingo, Jesús F. Arteaga, José F. Quílez del Moral and Alejandro F. Barrero,
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2009, 26, 115
DOI: 10.1039/b801470c
This review covers the structure, biological properties, biosynthesis and chemical synthesis of the unusually cyclized triterpenes described in the last ten years.
Back matter
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2009, 26, 135
DOI: 10.1039/b821740h
Back cover
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2009, 26, 139
DOI: 10.1039/b821741f
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