Marine Natural Products: Potential Drug Candidates from Shallow Water Ecosystems
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Pharmaceutical Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (7 July 2023) | Viewed by 2689
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Marine environments, particularly shallow water ecosystems, are home to a diverse array of organisms that have the potential to produce bioactive compounds with medicinal properties. Coral reefs, seagrass beds, and mangroves are just a few examples of shallow water environments that support a rich array of marine organisms, including invertebrates, algae, and bacteria. These organisms have long been used as sources of natural products with a range of biological and pharmacological properties, and there is increasing interest in their potential for drug development. In recent years, more and more researchers have also focused on the structural modification, synthesis, and biosynthesis of bioactive compounds in these organisms. These research efforts will contribute to the development and application of these marine natural products as potential drug candidates.
This Special Issue aims to highlight the latest research on the discovery and characterization of bioactive compounds from shallow water marine environments, as well as their biological and chemo-ecological functions. We welcome all original research articles and reviews that focus on but are not limited to the following themes:
- Secondary metabolites from shallow water marine organisms;
- Biological and chemo-ecological functions of marine natural products and their structure–activity relationships;
- Chemical modification and/or total synthesis of marine natural products or their analogues;
- Exploration of the biosynthesis of marine natural products or the mechanisms of enzymatic catalysis in shallow water marine organisms;
- The potential medicinal uses of shallow water marine natural products for treating specific diseases or conditions.
Dr. Linfu Liang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- soft corals
- sponges
- mollusks
- algae
- microbes
- mangroves
- estuaries
- lagoons
- secondary metabolites
- bioactivities
- chemoecological functions
- synthesis and biosynthesis
- enzymes
