Echinoderms Metabolites: Structure, Functions and Biomedical Perspectives

• Other Authors: Kalinin, Vladimir I. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Medicine; prostate cancer; thioglucoside conjugates; natural products; sea urchins; glucose uptake; polyhydroxysteroidal esters; NMR spectra; fatty acids; starfish; Ceramaster patagonicus; cytostatic activity; soft agar assay; wound healing assay; Colochirus quadrangularis; triterpene glycosides; quadrangularisosides; sea cucumber; cytotoxic activity; Holothuria hilla; Paracaudina chilensis; fucosylated chondroitin sulfate; anticoagulant activity; echinochrome A; echinamine A; echinamine B; herpes simplex virus type 1; Vero cells; glycoprotein gD; molecular docking; Thyonidium kurilensis; kurilosides; Thenea muricata; Aplysina sp.; Pseudoanthomastus agaricus; Montastraea cavernosa; Buccinum sp.; Pasiphaea tarda; Phormosoma placenta; Echinometra lucunter; sterols; gas chromatography; mass spectrometry; neuroblastoma Neuro-2a cells; 5,8-dihydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone; O-glucoside; thiomethylglycoside; QSAR; n/a
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The materials published in the Special Issue reflect the real diversity of echinoderm metabolites and cover most of their specific classes and biomedical potential as antioxidant, antiviral, anticancer, and even anticoagulant preparations. The metabolites include sea urchin naphtoquinoid pigments an...