: The largest group of natural products, built from five-carbon isoprene units. Examples include the antimalarial agent artemisinin.
: Assembled from acetate and malonate units via "assembly line" enzymes, producing complex structures like erythromycin. Bioactive Natural Products: Chemistry and Biology
: Modern research uses metagenomics and gene mining to uncover "silent" biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) in microbes, potentially revealing new chemotypes. : The largest group of natural products, built
: Includes nonribosomal peptides and sugar-decorated molecules that often function as potent antibiotics or toxins. 2. Biosynthesis and Biological Mechanisms Bioactive Natural Products: Chemistry and Biology