Marine natural products

AR Carroll, BR Copp, RA Davis, RA Keyzers… - Natural product …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2020 This review covers the literature published in 2020 for marine natural
products (MNPs), with 757 citations (747 for the period January to December 2020) referring …

Sea anemone venom: Ecological interactions and bioactive potential

C Menezes, NL Thakur - Toxicon, 2022 - Elsevier
This article provides a brief overview of the literature related to the chemical ecology of sea
anemones, focusing on their venom, and summarizing their bioprospecting potential. Sea …

Venoms for all occasions: the functional toxin profiles of different anatomical regions in sea anemones are related to their ecological function

LM Ashwood, EAB Undheim, B Madio… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The phylum Cnidaria is the oldest extant venomous group and is defined by the presence of
nematocysts, specialized organelles responsible for venom production and delivery …

[HTML][HTML] Never, Ever make an enemy… out of an anemone: Transcriptomic comparison of clownfish hosting sea anemone venoms

A Delgado, C Benedict, J Macrander, M Daly - Marine Drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Sea anemones are predatory marine invertebrates and have diverse venom arsenals.
Venom is integral to their biology, and is used in competition, defense, and feeding. Three …

[HTML][HTML] Evolutionary Analysis of Cnidaria Small Cysteine-Rich Proteins (SCRiPs), an Enigmatic Neurotoxin Family from Stony Corals and Sea Anemones (Anthozoa …

RA Barroso, L Ramos, H Moreno, A Antunes - Toxins, 2024 - mdpi.com
Cnidarians (corals, sea anemones, and jellyfish) produce toxins that play central roles in key
ecological processes, including predation, defense, and competition, being the oldest extant …

[HTML][HTML] Transcriptomic analysis of four cerianthid (Cnidaria, Ceriantharia) venoms

AML Klompen, J Macrander, AM Reitzel, SN Stampar - Marine drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
Tube anemones, or cerianthids, are a phylogenetically informative group of cnidarians with
complex life histories, including a pelagic larval stage and tube-dwelling adult stage, both …

[HTML][HTML] Tentacle morphological variation coincides with differential expression of toxins in sea anemones

LM Ashwood, ML Mitchell, B Madio, DA Hurwood… - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
Phylum Cnidaria is an ancient venomous group defined by the presence of cnidae,
specialised organelles that serve as venom delivery systems. The distribution of cnidae …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into how development and life-history dynamics shape the evolution of venom

JM Surm, Y Moran - EvoDevo, 2021 - Springer
Venomous animals are a striking example of the convergent evolution of a complex trait.
These animals have independently evolved an apparatus that synthesizes, stores, and …

[HTML][HTML] Metatranscriptome analysis reveals the putative venom toxin repertoire of the biofouling hydroid Ectopleura larynx

LA Lecaudey, R Netzer, D Wibberg, T Busche… - Toxicon, 2024 - Elsevier
Cnidarians thriving in biofouling communities on aquaculture net pens represent a
significant health risk for farmed finfish due to their stinging cells. The toxins coming into …

[HTML][HTML] Slowly Making Sense: A Review of the Two-Step Venom System within Slow (Nycticebus spp.) and Pygmy Lorises (Xanthonycticebus spp.)

LLJ Fitzpatrick, R Ligabue-Braun, KAI Nekaris - Toxins, 2023 - mdpi.com
Since the early 2000s, studies of the evolution of venom within animals have rapidly
expanded, offering new revelations on the origins and development of venom within various …