title: Marine natural products.
abstract: This review covers the literature published in 2001 for marine natural products, with 497 citations (373 for the period January to December 2001) and includes 793 compounds isolated from marine microorganisms and phytoplankton, green algae, brown algae, red algae, sponges, coelenterates, bryozoans, molluscs, tunicates and echinoderms. The emphasis is on new compounds and new stereochemical assignments (683 for 2001), together with relevant biological activities, source organisms and country of origin. Syntheses that confirm or revise structures or stereochemistries have been included (95), including any first total synthesis of a marine natural product.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. j.blunt@chem.canterbury.ac.nz
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Blunt
authors.forename: Brent R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Copp
authors.forename: Murray H G
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Munro
authors.forename: Peter T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Northcote
authors.forename: Michèle R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Prinsep
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001688:Biological Products / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification; D002013:Bryozoa / Q000737:chemistry; D003063:Cnidaria / Q000737:chemistry; D004447:Echinodermata / Q000737:chemistry; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000737:chemistry; D008386:Marine Biology; D015394:Molecular Structure; D008974:Mollusca / Q000737:chemistry; D010839:Phytoplankton / Q000737:chemistry; D011161:Porifera / Q000737:chemistry; D014561:Urochordata / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products