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Natural product libraries: assembly, maintenance, and screening.

Mark S Butler¹, Frank Fontaine¹, Matthew A Cooper¹

¹Division of Chemistry and Structural Biology, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Australia.

|December 7, 2013

Summary

This review outlines effective strategies for creating natural product libraries for high-throughput screening. It covers extraction, library preparation, assay development, and hit-to-lead processes for drug discovery.

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Area of Science:

Natural product chemistry
Drug discovery
Screening technologies

Background:

Natural products are a vital source of novel therapeutics.
Assembling diverse and accessible natural product libraries is crucial for drug discovery.
High-throughput screening (HTS) enables rapid evaluation of large compound collections.

Purpose of the Study:

To provide a comprehensive guide on building natural product libraries for HTS.
To detail methods for extraction, fractionation, and library maintenance.
To offer recommendations for assay development and hit-to-lead progression.

Main Methods:

Review of established and novel extraction techniques for diverse natural sources (plants, microorganisms, marine invertebrates).
Strategies for generating fractionated sub-libraries to increase chemical diversity and screening efficiency.
Best practices for library storage, maintenance, and preparation for automated screening.
Guidelines for developing robust and validated high-throughput assays.
Discussion of the workflow from initial screening hits to isolation of pure bioactive compounds.

Main Results:

Successful strategies for library assembly, including optimized extraction and fractionation.
Identification of critical factors for maintaining library integrity and accessibility.
Recommendations for robust assay development to ensure reliable screening results.
A clear pathway for progressing from initial screening hits to pure, characterized bioactive compounds.

Conclusions:

Effective natural product library design and management are essential for successful drug discovery.
A systematic approach encompassing extraction, library preparation, assay development, and hit validation maximizes the potential of natural product screening.
This review provides a practical framework for researchers aiming to leverage natural products in their drug discovery programs.