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Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Correia M.I.
University of Botswana
2
Nikhil Chandorkar
Institute of Chemical Technology
3
Tianhao Ma
Ningbo University
4
Henglai Sun
Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
5
Lingran Kong
Scripps Research Institute
6
Ayumu Watanabe
The University of Tokyo
7
Fengjie Yao
Zhejiang University
8
Aobo Guo
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
9
Kyohei Takaoka
The University of Tokyo
10
Zhanhong Ye
Southern University of Science and Technology

Papers

1
Alkene Hydrobenzylation by a Single Catalyst That Mediates Iterative Outer-Sphere Steps
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2024
57 cit.
2
Total Synthesis of (+)‐Kalmanol
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2024
9 cit.
3
Catalytic acyloin-type heterocoupling of thioesters via a putative cobalt siloxycarbene
Nature Chemistry|2026
1 cit.
4
Publication in Angewandte Chemie (2024) [W4401179426]
Angewandte Chemie|2024
0 cit.
5
Publication in ChemRxiv (2025) [W4413191814]
ChemRxiv|2025
0 cit.
6
Publication in ChemRxiv (2026) [W7162437418]
ChemRxiv|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Pema‐Tenzin Puno
Kunming Institute of Botany
2
Hans Renata
Rice University
3
Hong Yao
Kunming University of Science and Technology
4
L. Obi C.
University of Fort Hare
5
Chen Xu
Shenzhen University
6
Govindaraj Perumal
Illinois College
7
Jin‐Xin Zhao
Chinese Academy of Sciences
8
R. Nalini
King Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research
9
Guo‐Dong Yao
Shenyang Pharmaceutical University
10
Pedro Fong
Macao Polytechnic University

Papers

1
Engineered non-covalent π interactions as key elements for chiral recognition
Nature Communications|2022
93 cit.
2
Recent Progress and Developments in Chemoenzymatic and Biocatalytic Dynamic Kinetic Resolution
Organic Process Research & Development|2022
68 cit.
3
Remote B-Ring Oxidation of Sclareol with an Engineered P450 Facilitates Divergent Access to Complex Terpenoids
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2022
55 cit.
4
Overview of Amino Acid Modifications by Iron- and α-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Enzymes
ACS Catalysis|2023
49 cit.
5
Concise Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Gedunin
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2022
48 cit.
6
Synthesis, Characterization, DFT Analysis, Biological Evaluation, and Molecular Docking of Schiff Base Derived from Isatin–Isoniazid and Its Metal (II) Complexes
Polycyclic aromatic compounds|2022
48 cit.
7
Frontier studies on natural products: moving toward paradigm shifts
Science China Chemistry|2023
36 cit.
8
Jinzhen Oral Liquid alleviates lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury through modulating TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB pathway
Phytomedicine|2023
36 cit.
9
Modular chemoenzymatic synthesis of ten fusicoccane diterpenoids
Nature Chemistry|2024
31 cit.
10
Recent advances in the application of [2 + 2] cycloaddition in the chemical synthesis of cyclobutane-containing natural products
Natural Products and Bioprospecting|2024
31 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Han‐Dong Sun
Kunming Institute of Botany
2
Takashi Ikejima
Shenyang Pharmaceutical University
3
E. Hecker
DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance
4
Phil S. Baran
Scripps Research Institute
5
Jian‐Min Yue
Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica
6
Shao‐Jiang Song
Shenyang Pharmaceutical University
7
Marc Litaudon
Université Paris-Sud
8
Feng‐Peng Wang
Fujian Medical University
9
Maria‐José U. Ferreira
University of Lisbon
10
Kuo‐Hsiung Lee
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Papers

1
Practical and innate carbon–hydrogen functionalization of heterocycles
Nature|2012
924 cit.
2
Innate C-H trifluoromethylation of heterocycles
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2011
755 cit.
3
A general alkyl-alkyl cross-coupling enabled by redox-active esters and alkylzinc reagents
Science|2016
744 cit.
4
Scalable and sustainable electrochemical allylic C–H oxidation
Nature|2016
738 cit.
5
Aiming for the Ideal Synthesis
The Journal of Organic Chemistry|2010
649 cit.
6
Persisting oncogenic herpesvirus induced by the tumour promoter TPA
Nature|1978
633 cit.
7
A New Reagent for Direct Difluoromethylation
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2012
620 cit.
8
The Art and Science of Total Synthesis at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2000
597 cit.
9
Direct C−H Arylation of Electron-Deficient Heterocycles with Arylboronic Acids
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2010
591 cit.
10
Strain-release amination
Science|2016
580 cit.

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