Herbert Irschik

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
94 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

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Herbert Irschik is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Herbert Irschik has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Pharmacology, 52 papers in Molecular Biology and 31 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Herbert Irschik's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (59 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (23 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (18 papers). Herbert Irschik is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (59 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (23 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (18 papers). Herbert Irschik collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Herbert Irschik's co-authors include Hans Reichenbach, Gerhard Höfle, Klaus Gerth, Rolf Jansen, Norbert Bedorf, Rolf Müller, Dietmar Schummer, Wolfram Trowitzsch, HANS REICHENBACH and Victor Wray and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Herbert Irschik

94 papers receiving 4.1k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Epothilons A and B: Antifungal and Cytotoxic Compounds from Sorangium cellulosum (Myxobacteria). Production, Physico-chemical and Biological Properties.

1996 503 citations Klaus Gerth, Norbert Bedorf et al. The Journal of Antibiotics profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Herbert Irschik	2.0k	1.8k	1.5k	973	447	94	4.3k
Klaus Gerth	2.6k 1.3×	2.5k 1.4×	2.0k 1.3×	1.3k 1.3×	477 1.1×	108	5.7k
Hans Zähner	3.2k 1.6×	2.3k 1.3×	2.0k 1.3×	871 0.9×	241 0.5×	141	6.0k
Henning D. Mootz	5.7k 2.8×	2.8k 1.5×	1.1k 0.8×	743 0.8×	288 0.6×	133	6.9k
Zhengchao Tu	1.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	665 0.7×	135 0.3×	176	4.4k
Brigitte Kunze	2.5k 1.3×	2.5k 1.4×	1.6k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	267 0.6×	98	4.9k
Yoshirō Okami	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	962 0.6×	584 0.6×	190 0.4×	134	3.3k
TOSHIKAZU OKI	3.2k 1.6×	2.4k 1.3×	3.0k 2.0×	837 0.9×	165 0.4×	237	6.6k
Hiroyasu Onaka	2.1k 1.1×	2.5k 1.4×	742 0.5×	981 1.0×	144 0.3×	114	3.7k
Torsten Stachelhaus	3.4k 1.7×	3.0k 1.6×	557 0.4×	629 0.6×	237 0.5×	24	4.4k
Christopher N. Boddy	2.3k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	1.9k 1.3×	458 0.5×	162 0.4×	95	3.9k

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Irschik, Herbert, Martina Herrmann, Rolf Jansen, et al.. (2012). Sulfangolids, Macrolide Sulfate Esters from Sorangium cellulosum. Chemistry - A European Journal. 18(20). 6264–6271. 15 indexed citations

Kopp, Maren, Herbert Irschik, Katja Gemperlein, et al.. (2011). Insights into the complex biosynthesis of the leupyrrins in Sorangium cellulosum So ce690. Molecular BioSystems. 7(5). 1549–1563. 33 indexed citations

Buntin, Kathrin, et al.. (2010). Biosynthesis of Thuggacins in Myxobacteria: Comparative Cluster Analysis Reveals Basis for Natural Product Structural Diversity. Chemistry & Biology. 17(4). 342–356. 49 indexed citations

Kunze, Brigitte, Michael Reck, Andreas Dötsch, et al.. (2010). Damage of Streptococcus mutans biofilms by carolacton, a secondary metabolite from the myxobacterium Sorangium cellulosum. BMC Microbiology. 10(1). 199–199. 75 indexed citations

Irschik, Herbert, Maren Kopp, Kira J. Weissman, et al.. (2010). Analysis of the Sorangicin Gene Cluster Reinforces the Utility of a Combined Phylogenetic/Retrobiosynthetic Analysis for Deciphering Natural Product Assembly by trans‐AT PKS. ChemBioChem. 11(13). 1840–1849. 58 indexed citations

Diestel, Randi, et al.. (2009). Chivosazoles A and F, Cytostatic Macrolides from Myxobacteria, Interfere with Actin. ChemBioChem. 10(18). 2900–2903. 19 indexed citations

Mukhopadhyay, Jayanta, Kalyan Das, Sajida Ismail, et al.. (2008). The RNA Polymerase “Switch Region” Is a Target for Inhibitors. Cell. 135(2). 295–307. 185 indexed citations

Kopp, Maren, et al.. (2007). SorF: A Glycosyltransferase With Promiscuous Donor Substrate Specificity in vitro. ChemBioChem. 8(7). 813–819. 19 indexed citations

Steinmetz, Heinrich, Herbert Irschik, Brigitte Kunze, et al.. (2007). Thuggacins, Macrolide Antibiotics Active against Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Isolation from Myxobacteria, Structure Elucidation, Conformation Analysis and Biosynthesis. Chemistry - A European Journal. 13(20). 5822–5832. 54 indexed citations

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Herrmann, Martina, et al.. (1998). Maracin and Maracen: New Types of Ethynyl Vinyl Ether andα-Chloro Divinyl Ether Antibiotics fromSorangium cellulosum with Specific Activity Against Mycobacteria. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 37(9). 1253–1255. 18 indexed citations

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Gerth, Klaus, Norbert Bedorf, Gerhard Höfle, Herbert Irschik, & Hans Reichenbach. (1996). Epothilons A and B: Antifungal and Cytotoxic Compounds from Sorangium cellulosum (Myxobacteria). Production, Physico-chemical and Biological Properties.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 49(6). 560–563. 503 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gerth, Klaus, Peter Washausen, Gerhard Höfle, Herbert Irschik, & Hans Reichenbach. (1996). The Jerangolids: A Family of New Antifungal Compounds from Sorangium cellulosum (Myxobacteria). Production, Physico-chemical and Biological Properties of Jerangolid A.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 49(1). 71–75. 67 indexed citations

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Irschik, Herbert, Rolf Jansen, Klaus Gerth, Gerhard Höfle, & Hans Reichenbach. (1995). Chivosazol A, a New Inhibitor of Eukaryotic Organisms Isolated from Myxobacteria.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 48(9). 962–966. 41 indexed citations

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Irschik, Herbert, et al.. (1995). Antibiotics from gliding bacteria. No. 68. The Ripostatins, Novel Inhibitors of Eubacterial RNA Polymerase Isolated from Myxobacteria.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 48(8). 787–792. 64 indexed citations

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Gerth, Klaus, Dietmar Schummer, GERHARD HÖFLE, Herbert Irschik, & HANS REICHENBACH. (1995). Ratjadon: A New Antifungal Compound from Sorangium cellulosum (Myxobacteria) Production, Physico-chemical and Biological Properties.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 48(9). 973–976. 41 indexed citations

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Irschik, Herbert, Dietmar Schummer, Klaus Gerth, Gerhard Höfle, & HANS REICHENBACH. (1995). Antibiotics from gliding bacteria. No.60. The Tartrolons, New Boron-containing Antibiotics from a Myxobacterium, Sorangium cellulosum.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 48(1). 26–30. 72 indexed citations

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Gerth, Klaus, Norbert Bedorf, Herbert Irschik, GERHARD HÖFLE, & HANS REICHENBACH. (1994). The soraphens: A family of novel antifungal compounds from Sorangium cellulosum (myxobacteria). I. Soraphen A1.ALPHA.: Fermentation, isolation, biological properties.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 47(1). 23–31. 130 indexed citations

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Trowitzsch‐Kienast, Wolfram, Herbert Irschik, Victor Wray, Hans Reichenbach, & Gerhard Höfle. (1988). Antibiotika aus Gleitenden Bakterien, XXXVI. Ein neues Isochinolin‐Alkaloid aus Myxococcus xanthus. Liebigs Annalen der Chemie. 1988(5). 483–484. 4 indexed citations

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Irschik, Herbert, Wolfram Trowitzsch‐Kienast, Klaus Gerth, Gerhard Höfle, & Hans Reichenbach. (1988). Saframycin Mx1, a new natural saframycin isolated from a myxobacterium.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 41(8). 993–998. 50 indexed citations

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Irschik, Herbert, Klaus Gerth, Thomas P. Kemmer, Heinrich Steinmetz, & Hans Reichenbach. (1983). The myxovalargins, new peptide antibiotics from Myxococcus fulvus (myxobacterales). I. Cultivation, isolation, and some chemical and biological properties.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 36(1). 6–12. 40 indexed citations

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