Covering: 2014 up to the third quarter of 2019 Entomopathogens constitute a unique,
specialized trophic subgroup of fungi, most of whose members belong to the order …

Covering: 2011 to July 2017. Spiroketal (spiroacetal), a common moiety in numerous natural
products, drugs and functional molecules, has been a central topic in organic chemistry for a …

Medium-ring lactones are synthetically challenging due to unfavorable energetics involved
in cyclization. We have discovered a thioesterase enzyme DcsB, from the decarestrictine C1 …

The Cordyceps genus is a group of ascomycete parasitic fungi, and all known species of this
genus are endoparasites; they mainly feed on insects or arthropods and a few feed on other …

The Claisen condensation involves the base-mediated reaction of an ester including α-
hydrogen atom with a similar molecule to generate α, β-keto ester. In this review, we focused …

Many active metabolites have been identified from various species of the fungal genus
Cordyceps. A predominant species of this genus is Cordyceps gunnii, but there are limited …

Background Cordyceps militaris is an insect pathogenic fungus that is prized for its use in
traditional medicine. This and other entomopathogenic fungi are understudied sources for …

Covering: up to August 2024Macrolides, the core skeletons of numerous marketed drugs
and bioactive natural products, have garnered considerable scientific interest owing to their …

There are more than thirty mycotoxins produced by fungal entomopathogens. Totally, they
belong to two classes, NRP and PK mycotoxins. Most of mycotoxins have not been paid …

A large number of remarkable studies on the secondary metabolites of fungi have been
conducted in recent years. This review gives an overview of one hundred and sixty-seven …