Molecular Logic Gates Derived from Fluorescent Natural Products

Fluorescent natural products have been a source of fascination for centuries. In this review, we highlight natural products and natural product derivatives as optical logic-based molecules. The early beginnings of the field of molecular logic-based computation are introduced and followed with literature examples of logic gates from fluorescent natural products. The intention is to arouse the curiosity of readers to go out and discover more fluorescent natural products with intrinsic logic properties.