Review

New compounds of natural resources in 2008

Jinhui Wang^{1, 2}*, Qing Peng¹ and Guoyu Li²

¹School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, P.R. China.

²School of Pharmacy, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832002, P.R. China.

*Corresponding author. E-mail: Wangjh1972@vip.sina.com

Accepted 8 December, 2008

Natural products have been the most productive source of new compounds. Hundreds of new compounds are in development. Some of them have pharmaceutical activities, particularly as anti-cancer and anti-infective agents. Until October, there are 1913 new compounds separated from natural sources in 2008. The compounds have covered a wide range of species, including alkaloids, flavones, terpenoids and so on. It is hoped that more efficient and effective compounds of natural resources will be found in the further discovery process.

Key words: New compounds, natural resources, alkaloids, flavones, terpenoids.