Highlights of natural products research from China in 2018

Natural products with diverse structures and significant biological activities were important source of lead compounds, and have played a key role in the innovative drug development. Recently, China has been in the prior position in discovering of structurally diverse active natural products from natural medicines. In 2018, a series of natural products with novel structures and significant biological activities have been isolated and studied by scholars from China, and 73 molecules with novel carbon frameworks have been selected as "Hot of The Press" by Nat Prod Rep Journal. In this review, the original, structures and biological activities of 123 compounds of natural products research field in 2018 were briefly described, which was aimed to exhibit the highlights of natural products research from China in past year.