Natural Product Derivatives Library

The library consists of more than 3745 members belonging 22 scaffolds (average 180 compounds per scaffold).

Historically, natural products have been pharma's treasure trove. According to the Natural Products Library Initiative at the Scripps Research Institute, "from 1940s to date, 131 (74.8%) out of 175 small molecule anticancer drugs are natural product-based/inspired, with 85 (48.6%) being either natural products or derived therefrom. From 1981 to date, 79 (80%) out of 99 small molecule anticancer drugs are natural product-based/inspired, with 53 (530/0) being either natural products or derived there from. “In a sense, this is not surprising. In nature, after all, creatures — and at the more basic level, structures, such as receptors and their ligands — have been co—evolving for billions of years.