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. 2020 Sep 14;63(11):1634–1650. doi: 10.1007/s11427-020-1799-y

Natural product sciences: an integrative approach to the innovations of plant natural products

Yuemao Shen 1, Xiaojiang Hao 2,✉
PMCID: PMC7504874  PMID: 32955660

Abstract

The study on plant natural products not only helps us understand that their structural diversity is the inevitable result of plant species diversity, but also helps us understand certain rules and unity of the inevitable connection between the two. The diversity and complexity of chemical structures of many natural products are beyond imagination before we elucidated their structures. The question that follows is what is the biological significance of these natural products. Intrigued by the relationship between plant resources, natural products and biological functions, the Hao laboratory has taken an integrative approach that employs tools and knowledge from multi-disciplines, including natural product chemistry, chemical ecology and chemical biology, to unveil the effects of plant natural products on plant resistance to diseases, and environmental acclimations. Collaborating with cell biologists, the research has resulted in discovery of new mechanisms of cellular signaling and lead compounds.

Keywords: plant natural product, chemical structure, biological significance

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The author(s) declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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