Marine organisms such as fish and shellfish are rich sources of structurally diverse bioactive
nitrogenous components. Based on emerging evidence of potential health benefits, these …

Marine organisms provide an abundant source of potential medicines. Many of the marine-
derived biomaterials have been shown to act as different mechanisms in immune …

The emergence of new pathogens and multidrug resistant bacteria is an important public
health issue that requires the development of novel classes of antibiotics. Antimicrobial …

A variety of bivalve mollusks (phylum Mollusca, class Bivalvia) constitute a prominent
commodity in fisheries and aquacultures, but are also crucial in order to preserve our …

Production of peptides with various effects from proteins of different sources continues to
receive academic attention. Researchers of different disciplines are putting increasing efforts …

The consumption of marine mussels as popular seafood has increased steadily over the
past decades. Awareness of mussel derived molecules, that promote health, has contributed …

Marine invertebrates lack an acquired, memory-type immunity based on T-lymphocyte
subsets and clonally derived immunoglobulins (72). This differs from the vertebrate immune …

All eukaryotic organisms, single-celled or multi-cellular, produce a diverse array of natural
anti-infective agents that, in addition to conventional antimicrobial peptides, also include …

The inception of ecological immunology has led to an increase in the number of studies
investigating the impact of environmental stressors on host immune defence mechanisms …

Recently, the existence and extended diversity of antimicrobial peptides has been revealed
in two mussel species. These molecules are classified into four groups according to …