title: Muscarine, imidazole, oxazole, and thiazole alkaloids.
abstract: A great number of structurally diverse natural products containing five-membered heterocyclic subunits, such as imidazole, oxazole, thiazole, and their saturated congeners, are abundant in nature. These naturally occurring metabolites often exhibit extensive and pharmacologically important biological activities. The latest progress in the isolation, biological activities, chemical synthetic studies, and biosynthetic pathways on these natural products is summarized in this review.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 30001, P. R. China. zjin@nankai.edu.cn
authors.forename: Zhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000494:pharmacology; D001685:Biological Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000494:pharmacology; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009116:Muscarine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D010080:Oxazoles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D001685:Biological Factors; D007093:Imidazoles; D010080:Oxazoles; D013844:Thiazoles; D009116:Muscarine