Natural Product Reports

Papers
(The median citation count of Natural Product Reports is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
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The molecular complexity of terpene biosynthesis in red algae: current state and future perspectives213
Ryanodane diterpenes: occurrence, structural diversity, bioactivities, and synthesis183
Estimating the extent of adulteration of the popular herbs black cohosh, echinacea, elder berry, ginkgo, and turmeric – its challenges and limitations142
Biosynthesis, regulation, and engineering of natural products from Lysobacter138
Privileged natural product compound classes for anti-inflammatory drug development138
Recent advances in the synthesis of insect pheromones: an overview from 2013 to 2022115
Harnessing microbial co-culture to increase the production of known secondary metabolites113
Chain release mechanisms in polyketide and non-ribosomal peptide biosynthesis106
Silybin and its congeners: from traditional medicine to molecular effects105
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Recent advances in the total synthesis of galantamine, a natural medicine for Alzheimer's disease88
Streptomyces cell-free systems for natural product discovery and engineering88
The pearl jubilee of microcin J25: thirty years of research on an exceptional lasso peptide86
Introduction to engineering the biosynthesis of fungal natural products82
Photo-/electro-chemical catalysis: a promising toolkit for late-stage functionalization of alkene-containing natural products80
Discovery, bioactivity and biosynthesis of fungal piperazines77
Medicinal plant resin natural products: structural diversity and biological activities77
Unusually cyclized triterpenoids: occurrence, biosynthesis and chemical synthesis74
Purine nucleoside antibiotics: recent synthetic advances harnessing chemistry and biology73
Recent advances in the biosynthetic studies of bacterial organoarsenic natural products72
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Streptomyces as a versatile host platform for heterologous production of microbial natural products66
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Enzymatic ester bond formation strategies in fungal macrolide skeletons64
Chemistry, bioactivity, biosynthesis, and total synthesis of stemmadenine alkaloids63
Correction: Dearomative logic in natural product total synthesis61
Chemoenzymatic approaches to plant natural product inspired compounds59
Toward a unified pipeline for natural product discovery: tools and strategies for NRPS and PKS pathway exploration and engineering59
Non-peptide secondary metabolites from poisonous mushrooms: overview of chemistry, bioactivity, and biosynthesis56
Marine indole alkaloid diversity and bioactivity. What do we know and what are we missing?54
Natural nematicidal metabolites and advances in their biocontrol capacity on plant parasitic nematodes54
Prenylated bacterial natural products: occurrence, chemical diversity, biosynthesis and bioactivity53
Maleidride biosynthesis – construction of dimeric anhydrides – more than just heads or tails53
Marine natural products52
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Subterranean marvels: microbial communities in caves and underground mines and their promise for natural product discovery48
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Synthetic-bioinformatic natural product-inspired peptides45
Biosynthesis of fungal terpenoids44
Image to insight: exploring natural products through mass spectrometry imaging44
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The role ofCaenorhabditis elegansin the discovery of natural products for healthy aging43
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Strategies for the synthesis ofStemonaalkaloids: an update41
Labelling studies in the biosynthesis of polyketides and non-ribosomal peptides40
Illuminating the dark space of bioactive peptides with mass spectrometry40
Terpene synthases and pathways in animals: enzymology and structural evolution in the biosynthesis of volatile infochemicals40
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[2 + 2]-Cycloaddition-derived cyclobutane natural products: structural diversity, sources, bioactivities, and biomimetic syntheses39
Enzymatic crosslinking of histidine side chains in peptide natural products38
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Advances in the total synthesis of bis- and tris-indole alkaloids containing N-heterocyclic linker moieties38
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Technological developments driving industrial natural product discovery37
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Metabolism and bioavailability aspects of natural products of plant origin using mass spectrometry-based and metabolomic approaches35
Recent advances in oxidative phenol coupling for the total synthesis of natural products34
Chemistry, biosynthesis and biology of floral volatiles: roles in pollination and other functions34
Biosynthesis of indole diterpenes: a reconstitution approach in a heterologous host33
Synthesis of rearranged indole diterpenes of the paxilline type33
Structure-based engineering of α-ketoglutarate dependent oxygenases in fungal meroterpenoid biosynthesis33
Natural product-based PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras (PROTACs)32
Chemistry and biosynthesis of bacterial polycyclic xanthone natural products32
Advances and challenges in ginseng research from 2011 to 2020: the phytochemistry, quality control, metabolism, and biosynthesis31
The shikimate pathway: gateway to metabolic diversity31
Engineering the biosynthesis of fungal nonribosomal peptides31
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Microbial engineering for natural and unnatural glycosaminoglycans biosynthesis30
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Anthrol reductases: discovery, role in biosynthesis and applications in natural product syntheses30
Bacterial cyclophane-containing RiPPs from radical SAM enzymes29
Modular polyketide synthase-derived insecticidal agents: from biosynthesis and metabolic engineering to combinatorial biosynthesis for their production29
Production of high molecular-ordered stilbene oligomers for the study of their biological activity: total synthesis, bio-catalyzed synthesis and production by plant systems29
Vallesamidine and schizozygane alkaloids: rearranged monoterpene indole alkaloids and synthetic endeavours29
Structural enzymology of iterative type I polyketide synthases: various routes to catalytic programming28
Semi-synthesis in the exploration of opioid-targeting natural products28
Strategies for total synthesis of bispyrrolidinoindoline alkaloids28
Connecting metabolome and phenotype: recent advances in functional metabolomics tools for the identification of bioactive natural products28
Natural products as anthelmintics: safeguarding animal health27
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A critical review on the use of DP4+ in the structural elucidation of natural products: the good, the bad and the ugly. A practical guide27
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Recent advances in total synthesis of protoberberine and chiral tetrahydroberberine alkaloids26
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The chemical and biological properties of natural resorcylic acid lactones25
Therapeutic vulnerabilities of cancer stem cells and effects of natural products25
Unlocking the metabolic potential of endophytic fungi through epigenetics: a paradigm shift for natural product discovery and plant–microbe interactions25
Opportunities and challenges of RiPP-based therapeutics25
Warfare under the waves: a review of bacteria-derived algaecidal natural products25
Unlocking marine treasures: isolation and mining strategies of natural products from sponge-associated bacteria25
Advances, opportunities, and challenges in methods for interrogating the structure activity relationships of natural products25
Analytical methods for the analysis of volatile natural products25
Strategies and tactics for the synthesis of lipid I and II and shortened analogues: functional building blocks of bacterial cell wall biosynthesis24
The action of phytochemicals in biofilm control24
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Biosynthesis and bioactivities of microbial genotoxin colibactins24
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Intramolecular cycloaddition of nitrones in total synthesis of natural products22
A novel class of oligoarylamide antibiotics defined by albicidins and cystobactamids22
Recent insights into the biosynthesis and biological activities of the peptide-derived redox cofactor mycofactocin22
The development of Burkholderia bacteria as heterologous hosts22
Egg toxic compounds in the animal kingdom. A comprehensive review22
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Squalamine and trodusquemine: two natural products for neurodegenerative diseases, from physical chemistry to the clinic22
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The ins and outs of transporters at plasma membrane and tonoplast in plant specialized metabolism21
Biosynthesis of fungal polyketides by collaborating and trans-acting enzymes21
Challenges and opportunities for cheat therapy in the control of bacterial infections21
Correction: Biosynthesis, biological activities, and structure–activity relationships of decalin-containing tetramic acid derivatives isolated from fungi21
40 Years of Natural Product Reports20
The bisintercalator family of nonribosomal peptides: structural diversity and biosynthetic mechanism20
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Recent advances in the application of the isoxazoline route to aldols in the synthesis of natural products19
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in terrestrial extreme environments: implications for life detection beyond Earth19
Discovery and development of botanical natural products and their analogues as therapeutics for ovarian cancer19
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Specialized metabolite modifications in Brassicaceae seeds and plants: diversity, functions and related enzymes18
Structural insights into the diverse prenylating capabilities of DMATS prenyltransferases18
Rotenoid diversity, distribution and evolution in plant lineages18
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Biosynthesis of biologically active terpenoids in the mint family (Lamiaceae)16
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Engineering fungal terpene biosynthesis16
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Trends in metabolite discovery from Actinomycetes16
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Recent advances in the discovery of plant-derived antimicrobial natural products to combat antimicrobial resistant pathogens: insights from 2018–202215
Picrotoxane sesquiterpenoids: chemistry, chemo- and bio-syntheses and biological activities15
Embracing the era of antimicrobial peptides with marine organisms15
Introduction to volatile natural products15
Natural products of pentacyclic triterpenoids: from discovery to heterologous biosynthesis15
Chemistry and bioactivity of lindenane sesquiterpenoids and their oligomers14
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Recent advances in discovery and biosynthesis of ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPP)-derived lipopeptides14
Correction: Structural diversity, bioactivities, and biosynthesis of natural diterpenoid alkaloids14
Anthracyclines: biosynthesis, engineering and clinical applications14
Advances in the discovery and study of Trichoderma natural products for biological control applications14
Biosynthesis of pyrroloindoline-containing natural products13
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Cephalotane diterpenoids: structural diversity, biological activity, biosynthetic proposal, and chemical synthesis13
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Highlights of biosynthetic enzymes and natural products from symbiotic cyanobacteria13
The Kornblum DeLaMare rearrangement in natural product synthesis: 25 years of innovation12
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Comparing total chemical synthesis and total biosynthesis routes to fungal specialized metabolites12
Natural products influence bacteriophage infectivity12
Cardiac glycosides: structural diversity, chemical ecology, bioactivity, and artificial synthesis11
Chemical diversity of cyanobacterial natural products11
Accelerating enzyme discovery and engineering with high-throughput screening11
Meroterpenoids? A historical and critical review of this biogenetic determinant11
Organic synthesis in the study of terpene-derived oxidation products in the atmosphere11
Ribosome-independent peptide biosynthesis: the challenge of a unifying nomenclature11
Chemistry and biology of natural stilbenes: an update11
Finding activity through rigidity: syntheses of natural products containing tricyclic bridgehead carbon centers10
Biosynthesis, total synthesis, and pharmacological activities of aryltetralin-type lignan podophyllotoxin and its derivatives10
Scaling up for success: from bioactive natural products to new medicines10
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Extraction techniques for bioactive compounds of cannabis10
Structural diversity and biological relevance of benzenoid and atypical ansamycins and their congeners10
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Bioactive natural products from Bacteroidetes10
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Euphorbiaditerpenoids: isolation, structure, bioactivity, biosynthesis, and synthesis (2013–2021)9
Microbial polyketides and their roles in insect virulence: from genomics to biological functions9
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Unpacking policy developments in marine natural product research: a scientist's guide to DSI and BBNJ9
Fe(ii) and 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases for natural product synthesis: molecular insights into reaction diversity9
Structure, properties of gossypol and its derivatives—from physiological activities to drug discovery and drug design9
The fungal natural product class of the sorbicillinoids: structures, bioactivities, biosynthesis, and synthesis9
Scalemic natural products9
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S-Adenosylmethionine: more than just a methyl donor8
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Bacterial polyynes uncovered: a journey through their bioactive properties, biosynthetic mechanisms, and sustainable production strategies8
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Unveiling Amaryllidaceae alkaloids: from biosynthesis to antiviral potential – a review8
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Natural ten-membered lactones: sources, structural diversity, biological activity, and intriguing future7
The phosphate ester group in secondary metabolites7
Natural products targeting the metabolism of amino acids: from discovery to synthetic development7
Verticillins: fungal epipolythiodioxopiperazine alkaloids with chemotherapeutic potential7
Antarctic bacterial natural products: from genomic insights to drug discovery7
Chemical synthesis in competition with global genome mining and heterologous expression for the preparation of dimeric tryptophan-derived 2,5-dioxopiperazines7
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Current status of secondary metabolite pathways linked to their related biosynthetic gene clusters in Aspergillus section Nigri6
Recent advances in the synthesis of ent-kaurane diterpenoids6
para-Quinone methides in natural product biosynthesis6
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Strategies for the discovery of potential anticancer agents from plants collected from Southeast Asian tropical rainforests as a case study6
Plant-based engineering for production of high-valued natural products6
Integrative omics approaches for biosynthetic pathway discovery in plants6
Huperzine alkaloids: forty years of total syntheses6
Engineering modular enzyme assembly: synthetic interface strategies for natural products biosynthesis applications6
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Discovery, structure revision, synthesis, and application of all known and even unknown securingine alkaloids5
Plant peptides – redefining an area of ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides5
Polyamine-containing natural products: structure, bioactivity, and biosynthesis5
Dietary substances and their glucuronides: structures, occurrence and biological activity5
Medium-sized peptides from microbial sources with potential for antibacterial drug development5
Harnessing intercellular signals to engineer the soil microbiome5
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The cytochalasans: potent fungal natural products with application from bench to bedside5
Controllable skeletal reorganizations in natural product synthesis5
Anti-mycobacterial natural products and mechanisms of action5
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Natural products from plants targeting key enzymes for the future development of antidiabetic agents4
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Alternative metabolic pathways and strategies to high-titre terpenoid production inEscherichia coli4
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Chemistry and biology of specialized metabolites produced by Actinomadura4
Recent highlights of the total synthesis of cyclic peptide natural products4
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Describing the complex chemistry of benthic seawater: from exometabolite sampling strategies to MS-based metabolomics4
Biosynthesis, biological activities, and structure–activity relationships of decalin-containing tetramic acid derivatives isolated from fungi3
Promoter engineering of natural product biosynthetic gene clusters in actinomycetes: concepts and applications3
Corallopyronin A: antimicrobial discovery to preclinical development3
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Regulation of daptomycin biosynthesis in Streptomyces roseosporus: new insights from genomic analysis and synthetic biology to accelerate lipopeptide discovery and commercial production3
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Empowering natural product science with AI: leveraging multimodal data and knowledge graphs3
Fruity, sticky, stinky, spicy, bitter, addictive, and deadly: evolutionary signatures of metabolic complexity in the Solanaceae3
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