A review with 136 references covers the literature from July 2000 to June 2001 on the isolation, bioactivities, and synthetic highlights of complex natural products including muscarine, imidazole, oxazole, thiazole, Amaryllidaceae and Sceletium alkaloids.

Covering: July 2000–June 2001. Previous review: Nat. Prod. Rep. 2001, 18, 95.