Biologically active natural products are spontaneous medicinal entrants, which encourage
synthetic access for enhancing and supporting drug discovery and development. Marine …

Brazil is blessed with a great biodiversity, which constitutes one of the most important
sources of biologically active compounds, even if it has been largely underexplored. As is …

In this work, we studied the effects of kaurenoic acid, a diterpene isolated from the oleo-resin
of Copaifera langsdorffii in developing sea urchin (Lytechinus variegatus) embryos, on …

Living benthic marine organisms such as sponges and corals are frequently colonized by
bacteria that may be pathogenic to them. One of the means by which they are able to combat …

The potential antiangiogenic and antitumoral properties of SargA, a polysaccharide
extracted from the brown marine alga Sargassum stenophyllum, were studied in assays …

Materials and Methods: The research was performed as an in vitro study. The effect of the
alga extract on proliferation of cell lines were measured by two methods: MTT assay and …

Attachment is one of the first steps in bacterial colonization. By inhibiting bacterial
attachment on surface cells, sponges may not only prevent infection, but also the process of …

Gracilaria corticata is a red alga which can be collected from many sea coasts around the
world such as China, India, Persian Gulf, etc. The Persian Gulf is a unique marine habitat …

Cutaneous secretions of toad species are an important source of bufadienolides,
compounds that exhibit interesting structural features and biopharmacological properties …

Non-bilaterian animals consist of four phyla; Porifera, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, and Placozoa.
These early-diverging animals are crucial for understanding the evolution of the entire …