The 146th Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan (Osaka)

Organizer: Seikou Nakamura (Kyoto Pharm. Univ.), Satoru Tamura (Wakayama Med. Univ.)

MONOTORI, which refers to research aimed at isolating naturally occurring products produced by living organisms in relation to biological phenomena and determining their structures, is recognized as a fundamental research method in natural products chemistry. Natural products with biological activities (active natural products) obtained through MONOTORI research are important not only as seeds for pharmaceuticals but as bio-probes for life science research, and the discovery of novel active natural products sometimes leads to the creation of new research fields. This symposium focuses on MONOTORI research, which forms the foundation of diverse natural product studies, and invites four speakers who are active at the forefront of novel natural product discovery. The titles of symposium presentations are "Application of the "MONOTORI" platform to naturally occurring ligand discovery", "Searching for natural products that support healthy lifespan extension", "Rapid analysis of chemical constituents in natural medicines by LC-MS", and "Chemical constituents of higher plants and their biological activities". In addition, we would like to actively discuss the significance and the real thrill of discovering new natural products, and the importance of MONOTORI research in each specialized field.