Marine natural products are potent and promising sources of drugs among other natural
products of plant, animal, and microbial origin. To date, 20 drugs from marine sources are in …

The marine environment harbors a number of macro and micro organisms that have
developed unique metabolic abilities to ensure their survival in diverse and hostile habitats …

Marine-derived bacteria and fungi are promising sources of novel bioactive compounds that
are important for drug discovery programs. However, as encountered in terrestrial …

Saxitoxin (STX) and its 57 analogs are a broad group of natural neurotoxic alkaloids,
commonly known as the paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs). PSTs are the causative agents of …

This report provides a detailed assessment of the status of and threats to the world's coral
reefs. It evaluates threats to coral reefs from a wide range of human activities, and includes …

The global marine pharmaceutical pipeline consists of three Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) approved drugs, one EU registered drug, 13 natural products (or derivatives thereof) …

Every year, hundreds of new compounds are discovered from the metabolites of marine
organisms. Finding new and useful compounds is one of the crucial drivers for this field of …

The peer-reviewed marine pharmacology literature from 2009 to 2011 is presented in this
review, following the format used in the 1998–2008 reviews of this series. The …

Green microalgae for several decades have been produced for commercial exploitation,
with applications ranging from health food for human consumption, aquaculture and animal …

Aquatic invertebrates are a major source of biomaterials and bioactive natural products that
can find applications as pharmaceutics, nutraceutics, cosmetics, antibiotics, antifouling …