title: A fresh look at natural tropolonoids.
abstract: Tropones and tropolones have been of increasing interest in the past few years; approximately 200 such materials occur in nature. This article reviews the distribution of these materials, the biosynthetic pathways for their production and their biological activities. There are 154 references.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bentley
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D001688:Biological Products / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D005658:Fungi / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D014334:Tropolone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products; D014334:Tropolone