Natural Product Reports

📢Do you know a rising star in natural product research? We are pleased to announce nominations for the 2027 @natprodreports.rsc.org Emerging Investigator Lectureship are open! #secmet #natprod 📅Nominations close 2 November Visit our webpage for details on how to nominate🔽 rsc.li/npr-lectureship

Check out this Review from Pei Tang, Fener Chen et al. at Sichuan University in our latest issue discussing the last decade of eburnamine–vincamine alkaloid synthesis #natprod Read it in full here🔽 doi.org/10.1039/d6np...

🔓Take a look in our latest issue at a Highlight by @chekanlab.bsky.social, Huan Wang, @chinsoonphan.bsky.social & co. summarising the latest research on radical-mediated cross-linking enzymes in RiPP biosynthesis #natprod #secmet 📍LIOS, Nanjing University & @uncg.edu doi.org/10.1039/d6np...

Be sure to read this review in our latest issue by Haizheng Yu, Ning Li, Lei Zhang & co. from Zhejiang Sci-Tech University looking at synthetic biology for the sustainable use of medicinal orchids #natprod #secmet Find the full article here🔽 doi.org/10.1039/d6np...

🚨Only two weeks left to nominate for the 2027 @natprodreports.rsc.org Emerging Investigator Lectureship! Don't miss this opportunity to highlight any on the rise natural product scientists you may know #natprod #secmet Visit our webpage for details on how to nominate🔽 rsc.li/npr-lectureship

🔓Don't miss this #OpenAccess Review from Janet R. Sparrow, Young Pyo Jang et al. @columbiauniversity.bsky.social & Kyung Hee University in our latest issue discussing visual cycle-derived bisretinoids as endogenous natural products #natprod Check it out on our website👇 doi.org/10.1039/d6np...

Take a look in our latest issue at a Review by Zhiqiang Ma & co. focused on the asymmetric synthesis of 3,3-disubstituted oxindoles and their application in total synthesis #natprod #orgchem 📍South China University of Technology doi.org/10.1039/d6np...

🔓Be sure to read this #OpenAccess Review from Marco Masi et al. at the University of Naples Federico II in our latest issue focused on non-strigolactone natural products and their potential to interfere with parasitic weed development #natprod #secmet Find in full here🔽 doi.org/10.1039/d5np...

🔓Don't miss a #OpenAccess Review in our latest issue by Munhyung Bae, Seoung Rak Lee, Yun Kwon et al. at Pusan National University, Gachon University & Kyungpook National University looking at natural products with atypical atoms #secmet #natprod Check it out below👇 doi.org/10.1039/d5np...

⌛There's less than a month to go to get your nominations in for the 2027 @natprodreports.rsc.org Emerging Investigator Lectureship! #secmet #chemsky If you know a rising star in natural product research, be sure to nominate. Visit our webpage for details on how to nominate🔽 rsc.li/npr-lectures...

Check out this Highlight by Alexander F. Kiefer et al. from @helmholtzhips.bsky.social in our latest issue covering recent advances in the strategic use of multiple enzymatic transformations in the total synthesis of natural products #natprod Read in full on our website🔽 doi.org/10.1039/d6np...

🔓Take a look in our latest issue at this #OpenAccess Highlight by Qihao Wu & co. looking at how biosynthetic crosstalk in bacteria leads to chimeric natural products #natprod #secmet 📍University of Pittsburgh doi.org/10.1039/d6np...

🔓Be sure to read this #OpenAccess Review from Liang-Liang Wang, Andreas Kirschning & co. at Kunming Institute of Botany & @unihannover.bsky.social in our latest issue covering elansolids and the use p-quinone methides in their synthesis #secmet #natprod Find in full below👇 doi.org/10.1039/d6np...

Don't miss this Highlight in our latest issue from Jinyong Huang, Xiang Gao, Weiqiang Li, Jian Wei, Xiaojian Yin et al. at the Chinese Academy of Sciences looking at epigenetic regulation of plant specialized metabolism #natprod #secmet Check it out in full here🔽 doi.org/10.1039/d6np...

📢Our latest issue is now online! 🔓Check out the #OpenAccess review behind the cover by @ericbrownprof.bsky.social & co. @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social highlighting an overlooked subset of natural product antibiotics that inhibit nutrient metabolism #natprod #secmet doi.org/10.1039/d6np...

🔥Take a look at the latest Hot off the Press article by Robert Hill & @andysuth14.bsky.social on their selection of 32 recent papers covering the latest research in bioorganic chemistry & novel natural products #naturalproducts #natprod 📍 @uofgchem.bsky.social doi.org/10.1039/d6np...

Don't miss this review in our latest issue by Namil Lee, Byung-Kwan Cho & co. at KAIST summarising current knowledge of genome-scale transcriptional regulation in Streptomyces and emerging experimental platforms investigating these mechanisms #natprod #secmet Check it out👇 doi.org/10.1039/d6np...

Be sure to read a review from Edward Kalkreuter et al. at Florida State University in our latest issue looking at strategies for prioritizing and accessing novel enzymology from microbial biosynthesis #natprod #secmet Find it in full here🔽 doi.org/10.1039/d6np...

Don't miss this review in our latest issue from Yunzi Luo et al. at Tianjin University highlighting the rare functional groups and unique scaffolds in Streptomyces natural products #natprod #secmet Check out the full article on our website👇 doi.org/10.1039/d6np...

We are delighted to announce that Professor Dong-Chan Oh (Seoul National University) has been appointed as our new Editorial Board Chair! Please join us in welcoming Dong-Chan to his new position🎉#secmet #chemsky Find out more about Dong-Chan and his appointment here🔽 blogs.rsc.org/np/2026/09/0...

🔓Check out this #OpenAccess review from @kateduncan.bsky.social & co. @newcastleuni.bsky.social, part of our Emerging Investigators collection, in our latest issue discussing ecological context for bacterial natural products discovery #natprod Read it in full here🔽 doi.org/10.1039/d6np...

📢Do you know a rising star in natural product research? We are pleased to announce nominations for the 2027 @natprodreports.rsc.org Emerging Investigator Lectureship are open! #secmet #chemsky 📅Nominations close 2 November Visit our webpage for details on how to nominate🔽 rsc.li/npr-lectureship

Take a look in our latest issue from Soohyun Um, Seung Hyun Kim et al. examining microbial biotransformation of plant metabolites through a mechanism-focused framework #natprod #secmet 📍Yonsei University doi.org/10.1039/d6np...

🔓Read this #OpenAccess review by M. Carmen Galen, Abhijit Sau & co. from IIT Hyderabad in our latest issue discussing the challenges and opportunities in the synthesis of biologically relevant flavonoids and their glycosides #natprod Find their full article below👇 doi.org/10.1039/d6np...

Don't miss this review in our latest issue by Jianhua Ju, Zhuo Shang, Junying Ma et al. from South China Sea Institute of Oceanology looking at the discovery, bioactivity and biosynthesis of cinnamoyl-containing non-ribosomal peptides #natprod #secmet Check it out in full🔽 doi.org/10.1039/d5np...

📢Our latest issue is now online! Check out the review behind the cover by Vinesh J. Maharaj & co. from the University of Pretoria & @ox.ac.uk summarising the history of β-lactams and recent advances in natural product-derived β-lactamase inhibitor discovery #natprod #secmet doi.org/10.1039/d5np...

Don't miss in our latest issue a review from Zheyong Xue, Xu Lu & co. at the China Pharmaceutical University discussing the recent advances in the biosynthesis of oleanane-type pentacyclic triterpenoids #natprod #secmet Check it out in full on our website👇 doi.org/10.1039/d6np...

🔓Check out this #OpenAccess review from Susana Gaudêncio et al. in our latest issue providing a guide of the past two decades of legislation and policy that have helped shape the field of natural product R&D&I and the bioeconomy #natprod #secmet Read the full article here🔽 doi.org/10.1039/d5np...

Take a look in our latest issue at a review from Bichu Cheng providing an update on the chemical synthesis of furan natural products #natprod #orgchem 📍Jiangxi Normal University doi.org/10.1039/d6np...

Be sure to read this review from William J. Price Cunliffe & @rutledgends.bsky.social at @sydney.edu.au in our latest issue examining the new secondary metabolites isolated from Streptomyces species #natprod Find in full on our website🔽 doi.org/10.1039/d5np...

Don't miss a review in our latest issue from Luqi Huang, Yating Hu & co. at Capital Medical University looking at the recent advances in decoding biosynthetic pathways and synthetic biology approaches for plant alkaloids #natprod #secmet Check out the full article below👇 doi.org/10.1039/d5np...

Check out this review by Søren L. B. Møller & @tbpoulsen.bsky.social at @au.dk in our latest issue surveying the different construction strategies of C(sp3)–C(sp3) attached ring motifs in natural product synthesis #natprod #orgchem Read in full here🔽 doi.org/10.1039/d6np...

Take a look in our latest issue at this review from Martin Banwell & co. covering the recent developments in the research of pterocarpan, pterocarpene and coumestan natural products #natprod #secmet 📍Jinan University doi.org/10.1039/d6np...

🔓Read a #OpenAccess review by Maria Michela Salvatore, Anna Andolfi & co. from University of Naples Federico II in our latest issue providing an overview of Lasiodiplodia spp. natural product structural diversity, biosynthesis & chemical synthesis #natprod Find it in full👇 doi.org/10.1039/d5np...

Don't miss this Highlight in our latest issue from Ruibo Wu et al. at Sun Yat-sen University discussing skeleton innovation versus structural diversification in terpenoid discovery #natprod #secmet Check out their full article on our website🔽 doi.org/10.1039/d6np...

📢Our latest issue is now online! Check out the review behind the cover from Sang Yup Lee & co. at KAIST discussing how fungal polyketide biosynthesis can be used as a platform for designer natural products #natprod #secmet doi.org/10.1039/d5np...

🔥Don't miss the latest Hot off the Press article by Robert Hill & @andysuth14.bsky.social at @uofgchem.bsky.social on their selection of 32 recent papers covering the latest research in bioorganic chemistry & novel natural products #naturalproducts #natprod Check it out🔽 doi.org/10.1039/d6np...

🔓Be sure to read this #OpenAccess review by @kelloggnpgroup.bsky.social & co @pennstateuniv.bsky.social in our latest issue providing insight into how untargeted mass spectrometry metabolomics can characterize complex botanicals #natprod Find the full article on our website👇 doi.org/10.1039/d5np...

🔓Take a look in our latest issue at a #OpenAccess review from @adafede.bsky.social, @mehdibeni.bsky.social et al. exploring the potential of bioinformatics and chemoinformatics tools to advance the exploration of natural extracts libraries #natprod doi.org/10.1039/d5np...

🔓Read this #OpenAccess review in our latest issue by Maria Halabalaki & co. from the University of Athens looking at metabolism and bioavailability aspects of plant natural products using mass spectrometry-based and metabolomic approaches #natprod Find it in full here🔽 doi.org/10.1039/d5np...

@natprodreports.rsc.org is delighted to be partnering with the #SBNP conference. #natprod The final deadline is closing on Monday 3rd August. If your considering joining the conference register now. Click here for more information: bit.ly/3QQrw6o

Don't miss the Editorial to our Mass Spectrometry Metabolomics in Natural Products Research themed collection in our latest issue from the Guest Editors @mehdibeni.bsky.social, @nadjacech.bsky.social, Roger Linington & @ngarg10.bsky.social #natprod #secmet Check it out🔽

🎉We were delighted to have Jakob Franke's @frankelab.bsky.social 2026 Natural Product Reports Emerging Investigator Lectureship presented this week at Directing Biosynthesis VIII! #DBVIII #natprod #chemsky A huge congratulations again to Jakob for being selected for this year's Lectureship!

🔓Take a look at this #OpenAccess review from @simonsieber.bsky.social & @elisabethjanssen.bsky.social in our latest issue highlighting the cyanobacterial metabolites reported between 2021–2024 #natprod #secmet 📍 @chem.uzh.ch, @eawag.bsky.social

We're excited to announce the winners of our 2026 RSC Prizes! More than 60 talented individuals and teams from around the globe are being celebrated today for their work on everything from solar energy and drug discovery to materials chemistry and AI. 👉 https://rsc.li/3SgSapw #RSCPrizes #ChemSky

Be sure to read this review in our latest issue from Xianzhong Chen et al. at Jiangnan University summarising the engineering strategies applied for the biosynthesis of L-tyrosine and its derivatives in microbial cell factories #natprod #secmet Find it in full here🔽

Don't miss this review by Mark Butler & Robert Capon at the University of Queensland providing a comprehensive account of the 217 natural product inspired antibiotics approved for human use from 1943-2025 #chemsky #natprod #medchem Check it out on our website👇