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Molecules 2001, 6, 67-69 molecules ISSN 1420-3049 ? 2001 by MDPI Guest Editorial RACI Natural Products Group Symposium Peter Karuso Department of Chemistry, Macquarie University, Sydney Australia. Tel.: (+612)-9850-8290, Fax: (+612) 9850-8313, E-mail: peter.karuso@.au Received: 5 December 2000 / Published: 16 January 2001 This special section of Molecules is dedicated to the Royal Australian Chemical Institute’s Natural Products Group. The Group meets annually for a one-day symposium, in the first week of October at a venue in or around Sydney, Australia. The most recent program can be found on the web at: .au/npg. This collection of seven papers form the proceedings of the 1999 and 2000 one-day symposia and I would like to thank the authors for their patience and our sponsors ATTORI, Macquarie University, University of NSW, Novogen, Novartis, MDPI and Molecules and of course the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) for their generous support. Natural Products Chemistry has a long and illustrious history in Australia. In fact, the first chemistry department in the country, at the University of Sydney, was founded on Natural Products Chemistry with such great names as H. G. Smith, Sir Robert Robinson and Ernest Ritchie to name just a few. Australia’s unique flora and fauna found both terrestrially and (more recently) in the marine environment has assured more or less continuous interest in Natural Products Chemistry in this country. Our biodiversity has also spawned several attempts to protect Australia’s financial interests in the applications of its chemical diversity. The most famous (and failed) attempt was by the West Australian government (CALMS) who attempted to restrict access to biodiversity and insisted in up- front payment for collections. More recently, the Federal Government has initiated an enquiry into access to Australia’s