Chemical biology of Natural Product

Natural products are very useful tools in chemical biology research. Our research group has a strong interest in the following two topics in plant chemical biology: 1) tuning the biological function of natural products using stereo chemical isomers, and 2) chemical and biological studies on the circadian rhythmic behavior of plants, a phenomenon referred to as nyctinasty. Using these two independent approaches, both from the chemical aspect and the biological aspect, will provide significant advances in understanding of this intriguing phenomenon.