Marine Bioactive Natural Product Studies-A Southern Hemisphere Perspective

• Other Authors: Urban, Sylvia (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Medicine; Sinularia; Alcyoniidae; anticancer activity; lobane; cembrane; diterpene; conotoxins; ShK toxin; ion channels; docking; molecular dynamics; potential of mean force; free energy perturbation; bioactivity; biosynthesis; brominated secondary metabolites; choline ester; indole; sea cucumber; viscera; saponins; mass spectrometry; MALDI; ESI; HPCPC; triterpene glycosides; structure elucidation; bioactive compounds; marine invertebrate; Echinodermata; holothurian; Cnemidocarpa stolonifera; taurine amide; PC3 cell line; immunofluorescence assay; thiaplidiaquinone; Aplidium; ascidian; thiazinoquinone; apoptosis; Jurkat; cytotoxicity; malaria; farnesyltransferase; synthesis; thiaplakortone; regioisomer; tricyclic; natural product scaffold; X-ray; crystal; Plasmodium falciparum; antiplasmodial; cephalostatin; mandelalide; methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA PK; bisindole alkaloids; salternamide A (SA); HIF-1α; PI3K/Akt/mTOR; p42/p44 MAPK; STAT3; cell death
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The search for bioactive secondary metabolites from marine organisms has been an active area of research since the 1950s. The distinct biodiversity of the marine environment has afforded a vast array of unique secondary metabolites, many of which possess potent biological activities. This Special Issue of Marine Drugs will highlight recent bioactive marine natural product studies conducted by southern hemisphere scientists on an array of marine organisms.