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Bernard Bodo is a researcher affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their work spans several interconnected fields within biology and chemistry, predominantly focusing on molecular biology, plant science, pharmacology, immunology, and ecology.

Bodo's research contributions mainly lie in the realm of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. A substantial portion of their work intersects with agricultural and biological sciences, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to studying natural products and their biochemical properties.

The scientist's recent scholarly output includes several publications spanning from 2021 through forthcoming work expected in 2025. Notable papers include:

  • Pentadecaibins I-V: 15-Residue Peptaibols Produced by a Marine-Derived Trichoderma sp. of the Harzianum Clade (2021), Journal of Natural Products
  • Antibacterial and antioxidant activities of compounds isolated from the leaves of Symphonia globulifera (Clusiaceae) and their chemophenetic significance (2021), Biochemical Systematics and Ecology
  • Antimicrobial guanidine alkaloids from the leaves of Crotalaria bernieri Baill. (Fabaceae) (2024), GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Antimicrobial secondary metabolites from the leaves of Rhabdophyllum calophyllum (Hook.f.) Tiegh (Ochnaceae) and their chemophenetic significance (2025), Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Bernard Bodo frequently co-authors with several researchers. Key collaborators with multiple joint publications include Dénis-Grégoire Téné, Anastasie E. Tih, and Raphaël Tih Ghogomu. Additional collaborators include Anne-Isaline van Bohemen and Nicolas Ruiz.

The main research topics that characterize Bodo's work are focused on:

  • Phytochemistry and Biological Activities
  • Biological Activity of Diterpenoids and Biflavonoids
  • Biochemical and Structural Characterization
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
  • Natural Compound Pharmacology Studies
  • Botanical Research and Chemistry

Research findings have been published primarily in the journals Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, Journal of Natural Products, and GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, with the first venue hosting the highest number of their publications.

Best Publications

  • Horsfiline, an oxindole alkaloid from Horsfieldia superba

    Akino Jossang;Per Jossang;Hamid A. Hadi;Thierry Sevenet

  • In vitro antiplasmodial activity and cytotoxicity of 33 West African plants used for treatment of malaria.

    Guédé Noël Zirihi;Lengo Mambu;Frédéric Guédé-Guina;Bernard Bodo

  • Identification of peptaibols from Trichoderma virens and cloning of a peptaibol synthetase

    Aric Wiest;Darlene Grzegorski;Bi-Wen Xu;Christophe Goulard

  • Trichogin A IV, an 11-residue lipopeptaibol from Trichoderma longibrachiatum

    Catherine Auvin-Guette;Sylvie Rebuffat;Yann Prigent;Bernard Bodo

  • Antimalarial and cytotoxic activities of ethnopharmacologically selected medicinal plants from South Vietnam.

    Julie Nguyen-Pouplin;Hop Tran;Hung Tran;Tuyet Anh Phan

  • Antimicrobial and cytotoxic agents from Calophyllum inophyllum.

    Marie C. Yimdjo;Anatole G. Azebaze;Augustin E. Nkengfack;A. Michele Meyer

  • Isocryptolepine from Cryptolepis sanguinolenta

    Jean-Louis Pousset;Marie-Therese Martin;Akino Jossang;Bernard Bodo

  • Antimicrobial activity of the methanolic extracts and compounds from Vismia laurentii De Wild (Guttiferae).

    Victor Kuete;Jean Robert Nguemeving;Véronique Penlap Beng;Anatole Guy Blaise Azebaze

  • Antimalarial activity of cryptolepine and isocryptolepine, alkaloids isolated from Cryptolepis sanguinolenta

    Phillippe Grellier;Lobo Ramiaramanana;Valérie Millerioux;Eric Deharo

  • Structure of trichorzianine A IIIc, an antifungal peptide from Trichoderma harzianum

    Bernard Bodo;Sylvie Rebuffat;Mohamed El Hajji;Daniel Davoust

  • Effect of Nα-Acyl Chain Length on the Membrane-Modifying Properties of Synthetic Analogs of the Lipopeptaibol Trichogin GA IV

    Claudio Toniolo;M. Crisma;Fernando Formaggio;Cristina Peggion

  • Structural elucidation of trikoningins KA and KB, peptaibols from Trichoderma koningii

    Catherine Auvin-Guette;Sylvie Rebuffat;Isabelle Vuidepot;Marcel Massias

  • New pigments from the terrestrial cyanobacterium Scytonema sp. collected on the Mitaraka Inselberg, French Guyana

    Valérie Bultel-Poncé;Fabienne Félix-Théodose;Corinne Sarthou;Jean-François Ponge

  • Antiplasmodial and cytotoxic activities of medicinal plants traditionally used in the village of Kiohima, Uganda.

    Damien Lacroix;Soizic Prado;Dennis Kamoga;John Kasenene

  • Trichorzins HA and MA, antibiotic peptides from Trichoderma harzianum. I. Fermentation, isolation and biological properties.

    Christophe Goulard;Sanae Hlimi;Sylvie Rebuffat;Bernard Bodo

  • Curcacycline B, a cyclic nonapeptide from Jatropha curcas enhancing rotamase activity of cyclophilin

    Catherine Auvin;Carine Baraguey;Alain Blond;Françoise Lezenven

  • Interaction of trichorzianines A and B with model membranes and with the amoeba Dictyostelium.

    Mohamed El Hajji;Sylvie Rebuffat;Trung Le Doan;Gérard Klein

  • Tricholongins BI and BII, 19-residue peptaibols from Trichoderma longibrachiatum. Solution structure from two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy.

    Sylvie Rebuffat;Yann Prigent;Catherine Auvin-Guette;Bernard Bodo

  • Cytotoxic and antimicrobial coumarins from Mammea africana

    B.M.W. Ouahouo;A.G.B. Azebaze;M. Meyer;B. Bodo

  • Antibiotic peptides from Trichoderma harzianum: harzianins HC, proline-rich 14-residue peptaibols

    Sylvie Rebuffat;Christophe Goulard;Bernard Bodo

  • A flavone and an unusual 23-carbon terpenoid from Andrographis paniculata

    Muntha K Reddy;Mopuru V.B Reddy;Duvvuru Gunasekar;Madugula M Murthy

Frequent Co-Authors

Sylvie Rebuffat
Sylvie Rebuffat Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Philippe Grellier
Philippe Grellier French National Museum of Natural History
Fernando Formaggio
Fernando Formaggio University of Padua
Claudio Toniolo
Claudio Toniolo University of Padua
Marco Crisma
Marco Crisma University of Padua
Dietmar Schomburg
Dietmar Schomburg Technische Universität Braunschweig
René V. Bensasson
René V. Bensasson Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Françoise Guéritte
Françoise Guéritte Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles
Jeremy Farrar
Jeremy Farrar World Health Organization

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