BACKGROUND: The review presents the 2005–2006 peer-reviewed marine pharmacology
literature, and follows a similar format to the authors' 1998–2004 reviews. The preclinical …

Bacteria belonging to the Vibrionaceae family are widespread in the marine environment.
Today, 128 species of vibrios are known. Several of them are infamous for their …

Coastal aquatic environments are typically more highly productive and dynamic than open
ocean ones. Despite these differences, cyanobacteria from the genus Synechococcus are …

Fungal diseases represent an increasing threat to human health worldwide which in some
cases might be associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. However, only few …

Marine organisms including bacteria, fungi, algae, sponges, echinoderms, mollusks, and
cephalochordates produce a variety of products with antifungal activity including bacterial …

The discovery of new drugs can no longer rely primarily on terrestrial resources, as they
have been heavily exploited for over a century. During the last few decades marine sources …

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are a group of molecules with an ambiguous
background in literature. PBDEs were first isolated from marine sponges of Dysidea species …

The ethanol extract of an Indonesian marine sponge Lamellodysidea herbacea inhibited the
activity of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B), an important target enzyme for the …

Four new (1− 4) and 10 known polybrominated diphenyl ethers (5− 14) have been isolated
from the title sponge. The structures of the new entities were elucidated by interpretation of …

In vitro antimicrobial screening of twenty-four sponge species (Poriferae), collected from the
Urabá Gulf reefs (Colombian Caribbean region), against certified strains of bacteria …