The Relevance of Higher Plants in Lead Compound Discovery Programs
Year: 2011
Type: review
Abstract: Along with compounds from terrestrial microorganisms, the constituents of higher plants have provided a substantial number of the natural product-derived drugs used currently in Western medicine. Interest in the elucidation of new structures of the secondary metabolite constituents of plants has remained high among the natural products community over the first decade of the 21st century, particularly of species that are used in systems of traditional medicine or are utilized as botanical dietary supplements. In this review, progress made in the senior author's laboratory in research work on naturally occurring sweeteners and other taste-modifying substances and on potential anticancer agents from tropical plants will be described.
Source: Journal of Natural Products
DOI: 10.1021/np200391c
Institution: The Ohio State University
Language: English
Topic: Bioactive natural compounds
Subfield: Drug Discovery
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2030224115