The extraction and purification of collagen are of great interest due to its biological function
and medicinal applications. Although marine invertebrates are abundant in the animal …

The skeletons of corals are made of calcium carbonate by biomineralization process, in the
form of aragonite or calcite. To understand the characteristics of coral skeletons, especially …

In recent years, the medicinal potential of marine organisms has attracted increasing
attention. This is due to their immense diversity and adaptation to unique ecological niches …

Skeletal biopolymers and proteins in marine organisms are present as complex mixtures
and have great potential applications in the biomedical field. The organic matrices of marine …

An organic matrix consisting of a protein-polysaccharide complex is generally accepted as
an important medium for the calcification process. While the role this “calcified organic …

In the sea, there are many resources and novel chemical entities with biological activities
that may be useful for finding drugs with greater efficacy and specificity to treat a variety of …

Only little is known about the early stages of CaCO3 crystallization (Pouget et al. 2009;
Gebauer, Volkel, and Colfen 2008), though this mineral has been studied for more than a …

An organic matrix consisting of a protein-polysaccharide complex is generally accepted as
an important medium for the calcification process. While the role this ''calcified organic …