Sesterterpenoids: sources, structural diversity, biological activity, and data management
Valeria Iobbi, V. Parisi, Mauro Giacomini, Francesco De Riccardis, Paola Brun, Laura Núñez‐Pons, Giuliana Drava, Paolo Giordani, Maria Chiara Monti, Roberto Poggi, Ylenia Murgia, Nunziatina De Tommasi, Angela Bisio
Abstract
Reviewing the literature published up to October 2024.Sesterterpenoids are one of the most chemically diverse and biologically promising subgroup of terpenoids, the largest family of secondary metabolites. The present review article summarizes more than seven decades of studies on isolation and characterization of more than 1600 structurally novel sesterterpenoids, supplemented by biological, pharmacological, ecological, and geographic distribution data. All the information have been implemented in eight tables available on the web and a relational database https://sesterterpenoids.unige.net/. The interface has two sections, one open to the public for reading only and the other, protected by an authentication mechanism, for timely updating of published results.