An updated review on marine anticancer compounds: The use of virtual screening for the discovery of small-molecule cancer drugs

V Ruiz-Torres, JA Encinar, M Herranz-Lopez… - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
Marine secondary metabolites are a promising source of unexploited drugs that have a wide
structural diversity and have shown a variety of biological activities. These compounds are …

A propitious role of marine sourced polysaccharides: Drug delivery and biomedical applications

A Sharma, I Kaur, D Dheer, M Nagpal, P Kumar… - Carbohydrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
Numerous compounds, with extensive applications in biomedical and biotechnological
fields, are present in the oceans, which serve as a prime renewable source of natural …

Oceans and coastal ecosystems and their services

S Cooley, D Schoeman, L Bopp, P Boyd, S Donner… - 2023 - digital.csic.es
Ocean and coastal ecosystems support life on Earth and many aspects of human well-being.
Covering two-thirds of the planet, the ocean hosts vast biodiversity and modulates the global …

Marine microorganisms as a promising and sustainable source of bioactive molecules

G Romano, M Costantini, C Sansone… - Marine environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
There is an urgent need to discover new drug entities due to the increased incidence of
severe diseases as cancer and neurodegenerative pathologies, and reducing efficacy of …

The essentials of marine biotechnology

A Rotter, M Barbier, F Bertoni, AM Bones… - Frontiers In marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Coastal countries have traditionally relied on the existing marine resources (eg, fishing,
food, transport, recreation, and tourism) as well as tried to support new economic endeavors …

Marine sponge natural products with anticancer potential: An updated review

C Calcabrini, E Catanzaro, A Bishayee, E Turrini… - Marine drugs, 2017 - mdpi.com
Despite the huge investment into research and the significant effort and advances made in
the search for new anticancer drugs in recent decades, cancer cure and treatment continue …

Marine-derived compounds with potential use as cosmeceuticals and nutricosmetics

A Alves, E Sousa, A Kijjoa, M Pinto - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
The cosmetic industry is among the fastest growing industries in the last decade. As the
beauty concepts have been revolutionized, many terms have been coined to accompany the …

Marine bacteria as source of antimicrobial compounds

P Stincone, A Brandelli - Critical reviews in biotechnology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The marine environment encompasses a huge biological diversity and can be considered
as an underexplored location for prospecting bioactive molecules. In this review, the current …

Terpene biosynthesis in marine sponge animals

K Wilson, T de Rond, I Burkhardt… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Sea sponges are the largest marine source of small-molecule natural products described to
date. Sponge-derived molecules, such as the chemotherapeutic eribulin, the calcium …

Marine organisms as a rich source of biologically active peptides

MWFS Macedo, NB Cunha, JA Carneiro… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Oceanic environments are one of the largest sources of bioactive molecules, due to the high
degree of biodiversity and the innumerable ecological relationships established between …