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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
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Privileged natural product compound classes for anti-inflammatory drug development218
Recent advances in the synthesis of insect pheromones: an overview from 2013 to 2022194
Ryanodane diterpenes: occurrence, structural diversity, bioactivities, and synthesis156
Silybin and its congeners: from traditional medicine to molecular effects147
Estimating the extent of adulteration of the popular herbs black cohosh, echinacea, elder berry, ginkgo, and turmeric – its challenges and limitations141
The molecular complexity of terpene biosynthesis in red algae: current state and future perspectives118
Chain release mechanisms in polyketide and non-ribosomal peptide biosynthesis117
Harnessing microbial co-culture to increase the production of known secondary metabolites117
Biosynthesis, regulation, and engineering of natural products from Lysobacter111
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Introduction to engineering the biosynthesis of fungal natural products94
Photo-/electro-chemical catalysis: a promising toolkit for late-stage functionalization of alkene-containing natural products92
The pearl jubilee of microcin J25: thirty years of research on an exceptional lasso peptide88
Medicinal plant resin natural products: structural diversity and biological activities87
Unusually cyclized triterpenoids: occurrence, biosynthesis and chemical synthesis85
Purine nucleoside antibiotics: recent synthetic advances harnessing chemistry and biology82
Streptomyces cell-free systems for natural product discovery and engineering82
Recent advances in the total synthesis of galantamine, a natural medicine for Alzheimer's disease81
Discovery, bioactivity and biosynthesis of fungal piperazines77
Recent advances in the biosynthetic studies of bacterial organoarsenic natural products77
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Correction: Dearomative logic in natural product total synthesis69
Streptomyces as a versatile host platform for heterologous production of microbial natural products68
Chemistry, bioactivity, biosynthesis, and total synthesis of stemmadenine alkaloids67
Toward a unified pipeline for natural product discovery: tools and strategies for NRPS and PKS pathway exploration and engineering67
Natural nematicidal metabolites and advances in their biocontrol capacity on plant parasitic nematodes65
Prenylated bacterial natural products: occurrence, chemical diversity, biosynthesis and bioactivity65
Non-peptide secondary metabolites from poisonous mushrooms: overview of chemistry, bioactivity, and biosynthesis63
Marine indole alkaloid diversity and bioactivity. What do we know and what are we missing?60
Maleidride biosynthesis – construction of dimeric anhydrides – more than just heads or tails59
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Enzymatic ester bond formation strategies in fungal macrolide skeletons56
Marine natural products55
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Chemoenzymatic approaches to plant natural product inspired compounds53
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The role ofCaenorhabditis elegansin the discovery of natural products for healthy aging48
Image to insight: exploring natural products through mass spectrometry imaging47
Subterranean marvels: microbial communities in caves and underground mines and their promise for natural product discovery46
Synthetic-bioinformatic natural product-inspired peptides46
Biosynthesis of fungal terpenoids46
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Illuminating the dark space of bioactive peptides with mass spectrometry44
Labelling studies in the biosynthesis of polyketides and non-ribosomal peptides43
Strategies for the synthesis ofStemonaalkaloids: an update42
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Technological developments driving industrial natural product discovery41
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Advances in the total synthesis of bis- and tris-indole alkaloids containing N-heterocyclic linker moieties41
Terpene synthases and pathways in animals: enzymology and structural evolution in the biosynthesis of volatile infochemicals40
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Enzymatic crosslinking of histidine side chains in peptide natural products39
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[2 + 2]-Cycloaddition-derived cyclobutane natural products: structural diversity, sources, bioactivities, and biomimetic syntheses39
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Synthesis of rearranged indole diterpenes of the paxilline type35
Engineering the biosynthesis of fungal nonribosomal peptides35
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Structure-based engineering of α-ketoglutarate dependent oxygenases in fungal meroterpenoid biosynthesis34
Metabolism and bioavailability aspects of natural products of plant origin using mass spectrometry-based and metabolomic approaches34
Natural product-based PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras (PROTACs)34
Biosynthesis of indole diterpenes: a reconstitution approach in a heterologous host34
Biosynthesis of invertebrate-derived natural products: an uncharted territory33
AI and mechanistic modeling for characterizing biosynthetic pathways of natural products33
Recent advances in oxidative phenol coupling for the total synthesis of natural products33
Chemistry and biosynthesis of bacterial polycyclic xanthone natural products33
Chemistry, biosynthesis and biology of floral volatiles: roles in pollination and other functions32
Advances and challenges in ginseng research from 2011 to 2020: the phytochemistry, quality control, metabolism, and biosynthesis32
Anthrol reductases: discovery, role in biosynthesis and applications in natural product syntheses31
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The shikimate pathway: gateway to metabolic diversity31
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Structural enzymology of iterative type I polyketide synthases: various routes to catalytic programming30
Vallesamidine and schizozygane alkaloids: rearranged monoterpene indole alkaloids and synthetic endeavours30
Strategies for total synthesis of bispyrrolidinoindoline alkaloids30
Natural products as anthelmintics: safeguarding animal health30
Semi-synthesis in the exploration of opioid-targeting natural products29
Microbial engineering for natural and unnatural glycosaminoglycans biosynthesis29
Modular polyketide synthase-derived insecticidal agents: from biosynthesis and metabolic engineering to combinatorial biosynthesis for their production29
Bacterial cyclophane-containing RiPPs from radical SAM enzymes29
A critical review on the use of DP4+ in the structural elucidation of natural products: the good, the bad and the ugly. A practical guide28
Recent advances in total synthesis of protoberberine and chiral tetrahydroberberine alkaloids28
Connecting metabolome and phenotype: recent advances in functional metabolomics tools for the identification of bioactive natural products28
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Production of high molecular-ordered stilbene oligomers for the study of their biological activity: total synthesis, bio-catalyzed synthesis and production by plant systems28
Analytical methods for the analysis of volatile natural products27
Strategies and tactics for the synthesis of lipid I and II and shortened analogues: functional building blocks of bacterial cell wall biosynthesis27
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Therapeutic vulnerabilities of cancer stem cells and effects of natural products27
Biosynthesis and bioactivities of microbial genotoxin colibactins27
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Unlocking the metabolic potential of endophytic fungi through epigenetics: a paradigm shift for natural product discovery and plant–microbe interactions26
The action of phytochemicals in biofilm control26
Warfare under the waves: a review of bacteria-derived algaecidal natural products26
The chemical and biological properties of natural resorcylic acid lactones26
Advances, opportunities, and challenges in methods for interrogating the structure activity relationships of natural products25
Opportunities and challenges of RiPP-based therapeutics25
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Unlocking marine treasures: isolation and mining strategies of natural products from sponge-associated bacteria25
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Squalamine and trodusquemine: two natural products for neurodegenerative diseases, from physical chemistry to the clinic23
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Egg toxic compounds in the animal kingdom. A comprehensive review23
Recent insights into the biosynthesis and biological activities of the peptide-derived redox cofactor mycofactocin22
Biosynthesis of fungal polyketides by collaborating and trans-acting enzymes22
Intramolecular cycloaddition of nitrones in total synthesis of natural products22
The development of Burkholderia bacteria as heterologous hosts22
A novel class of oligoarylamide antibiotics defined by albicidins and cystobactamids22
Correction: Biosynthesis, biological activities, and structure–activity relationships of decalin-containing tetramic acid derivatives isolated from fungi21
Specialized metabolite modifications in Brassicaceae seeds and plants: diversity, functions and related enzymes21
40 Years of Natural Product Reports21
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Challenges and opportunities for cheat therapy in the control of bacterial infections21
The bisintercalator family of nonribosomal peptides: structural diversity and biosynthetic mechanism21
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in terrestrial extreme environments: implications for life detection beyond Earth20
Rotenoid diversity, distribution and evolution in plant lineages19
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Recent advances in the application of the isoxazoline route to aldols in the synthesis of natural products19
The ins and outs of transporters at plasma membrane and tonoplast in plant specialized metabolism19
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Structural insights into the diverse prenylating capabilities of DMATS prenyltransferases18
Discovery and development of botanical natural products and their analogues as therapeutics for ovarian cancer18
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Introduction to volatile natural products17
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Anthracyclines: biosynthesis, engineering and clinical applications17
Picrotoxane sesquiterpenoids: chemistry, chemo- and bio-syntheses and biological activities17
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Biosynthesis of biologically active terpenoids in the mint family (Lamiaceae)16
Correction: Structural diversity, bioactivities, and biosynthesis of natural diterpenoid alkaloids15
Trends in metabolite discovery from Actinomycetes15
Natural product inspired antibiotics approved for human use – 1943 to 202515
Cephalotane diterpenoids: structural diversity, biological activity, biosynthetic proposal, and chemical synthesis15
Recent advances in the discovery of plant-derived antimicrobial natural products to combat antimicrobial resistant pathogens: insights from 2018–202215
Chemistry and bioactivity of lindenane sesquiterpenoids and their oligomers14
Advances in the discovery and study of Trichoderma natural products for biological control applications14
Engineering fungal terpene biosynthesis14
Highlights of biosynthetic enzymes and natural products from symbiotic cyanobacteria14
Embracing the era of antimicrobial peptides with marine organisms14
Biosynthesis of pyrroloindoline-containing natural products14
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Recent advances in discovery and biosynthesis of ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPP)-derived lipopeptides13
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Natural products of pentacyclic triterpenoids: from discovery to heterologous biosynthesis13
Chemistry and biology of natural stilbenes: an update12
Natural products influence bacteriophage infectivity12
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Structural diversity and biological relevance of benzenoid and atypical ansamycins and their congeners12
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Cardiac glycosides: structural diversity, chemical ecology, bioactivity, and artificial synthesis12
Bioactive natural products from Bacteroidetes12
Organic synthesis in the study of terpene-derived oxidation products in the atmosphere12
Engineering class I terpene synthases for skeletal diversity: strategies and applications12
Progress, challenges, and opportunities in the field of biosynthetic reactions involving ambimodal transition states12
Chemical diversity of cyanobacterial natural products11
Comparing total chemical synthesis and total biosynthesis routes to fungal specialized metabolites11
Biosynthesis, total synthesis, and pharmacological activities of aryltetralin-type lignan podophyllotoxin and its derivatives11
Ribosome-independent peptide biosynthesis: the challenge of a unifying nomenclature11
Meroterpenoids? A historical and critical review of this biogenetic determinant11
Accelerating enzyme discovery and engineering with high-throughput screening11
The Kornblum DeLaMare rearrangement in natural product synthesis: 25 years of innovation11
Extraction techniques for bioactive compounds of cannabis11
Scaling up for success: from bioactive natural products to new medicines11
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Structure, properties of gossypol and its derivatives—from physiological activities to drug discovery and drug design10
Scalemic natural products10
The fungal natural product class of the sorbicillinoids: structures, bioactivities, biosynthesis, and synthesis10
Fe(ii) and 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases for natural product synthesis: molecular insights into reaction diversity10
Halogenases and dehalogenases: mechanisms, engineering, and applications10
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Microbial polyketides and their roles in insect virulence: from genomics to biological functions10
Unpacking policy developments in marine natural product research: a scientist's guide to DSI and BBNJ10
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Euphorbiaditerpenoids: isolation, structure, bioactivity, biosynthesis, and synthesis (2013–2021)9
Cultivar to chemotype: characterizing complex botanicals with mass spectrometry metabolomics9
Finding activity through rigidity: syntheses of natural products containing tricyclic bridgehead carbon centers9
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Bacterial polyynes uncovered: a journey through their bioactive properties, biosynthetic mechanisms, and sustainable production strategies8
S-Adenosylmethionine: more than just a methyl donor8
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Engineering modular enzyme assembly: synthetic interface strategies for natural products biosynthesis applications8
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Natural ten-membered lactones: sources, structural diversity, biological activity, and intriguing future8
Antarctic bacterial natural products: from genomic insights to drug discovery8
Unveiling Amaryllidaceae alkaloids: from biosynthesis to antiviral potential – a review8
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Strategies for the discovery of potential anticancer agents from plants collected from Southeast Asian tropical rainforests as a case study8
para-Quinone methides in natural product biosynthesis7
Recent advances in the synthesis of ent-kaurane diterpenoids7
Huperzine alkaloids: forty years of total syntheses7
Current status of secondary metabolite pathways linked to their related biosynthetic gene clusters in Aspergillus section Nigri6
Integrative omics approaches for biosynthetic pathway discovery in plants6
Natural products targeting the metabolism of amino acids: from discovery to synthetic development6
Chemical synthesis in competition with global genome mining and heterologous expression for the preparation of dimeric tryptophan-derived 2,5-dioxopiperazines6
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The phosphate ester group in secondary metabolites6
Verticillins: fungal epipolythiodioxopiperazine alkaloids with chemotherapeutic potential6
Plant-based engineering for production of high-valued natural products6
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Anti-mycobacterial natural products and mechanisms of action5
Alternative metabolic pathways and strategies to high-titre terpenoid production inEscherichia coli5
Controllable skeletal reorganizations in natural product synthesis5
Discovery, structure revision, synthesis, and application of all known and even unknown securingine alkaloids5
Polyamine-containing natural products: structure, bioactivity, and biosynthesis5
Plant peptides – redefining an area of ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides5
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Dietary substances and their glucuronides: structures, occurrence and biological activity5
Harnessing intercellular signals to engineer the soil microbiome5
Natural products from plants targeting key enzymes for the future development of antidiabetic agents5
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Chemistry and biology of specialized metabolites produced by Actinomadura4
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The cytochalasans: potent fungal natural products with application from bench to bedside4
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Medium-sized peptides from microbial sources with potential for antibacterial drug development4
Fruity, sticky, stinky, spicy, bitter, addictive, and deadly: evolutionary signatures of metabolic complexity in the Solanaceae4
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Describing the complex chemistry of benthic seawater: from exometabolite sampling strategies to MS-based metabolomics4
Microbial skeletal editing: hints for arene reconstruction from actinobacteria4
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