Bioactive small molecules are organic compounds that have a low molecular weight (900 daltons). Most pharmaceutical drugs are small molecules. Larger structures such as nucleic acids, proteins, and many polysaccharides are not small molecules.
Phenylpyropene A is a meroterpenoid isolated from Penicillium griseofulvum by researchers at the Korean Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology in 2002. Phenylpyropene A inhibits conversion of cholesterol to cholesteryl esters via inhibition...
Territrem A is an α-pyrone tremorgenic mycotoxin first identified from an Aspergillus terreus strain by Ling and colleagues at Taiwan National University in 1979. Territrem A is a potent insecticide acting via irreversible inhibition of...
Territrem B is an α-pyrone tremorgenic mycotoxin first identified from an Aspergillus terreus strain by Ling and colleagues at Taiwan National University in 1979. Territrem B is a potent insecticide acting via irreversible inhibition of...
Terrelulamide A is a rare lumazine pseudo-tripeptide metabolite isolated from a marine strain of Aspergillus terreus byresearchers at Seoul National University, Korea reported in 2015. Terrelulamide A is reported as having metabolic effects and improves...
Terpendole I is a polar analog of a rare family of indolediterpenes isolated from Albophoma yamanashiensis, first reported by Omura and colleagues at the Kitasato Institute, Japan in 1995. Terpendole I is a weak inhibitor of ACAT (acylCoA:cholesterol...
Vobtusine is a dimeric indole alkaloid derived from the various species of Voacanga, indigenous to Africa, first reported in 1955. In the Pacific region, vobtusine was successfully isolated from the tree, Voacanga papuana, indigenous to New Guinea...
Voacangine is an indole alkaloid derived from various species of Voacanga, indigenous to Africa. In the Pacific region,voacangine was successfully isolated from Tabernaemontana aurantiaca (syn. Rejoua aurantiaca) from the coastal dsitricts of New Guinea...
Voacamine is an indole alkaloid derived from members of the Voacanga species, indigenous to Africa. In the Pacific region,voacamine was successfully isolated from the small tree, Voacanga papuana, indigenous to New Guinea by Ritchie and Taylor,...
Levodropropizine has anti-allergic properties and inhibits the histamine receptor. It acts as a peripheral antitussive agent. Mechanism of Action Levodropropizine has affinity for H1-histaminic and alpha-adrenergic receptors. Levodropropizine has a...
Xanthyletin, a dimethylpyranocoumarin structurally related to psoralen, is the active principal of Luvanga scandens widely used in Hindu medicine. Xanthyletin was isolated from the New Guinea tree, Flindersia pimenteliana, by Taylor and Ritchie,...
Emodepside is an anthelmintic, belonging to the cyclooctadepsipeptides class. It is effective against gastrointestinal nematodes. The starting material of Emodepside is a natural metabolite of the fungus Mycelia sterilia, which inhabits the leaves of...
Drimendiol is the sesquiterpene dialcohol of polygodial, found in a number of plant species native to Australia and NewZealand. More recently, drimendiol was prepared from polygodial isolated from Tasmannia lanceolata by Smith and colleagues at the...
