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Marine Drugs, Volume 16, Issue 12

December 2018 - 60 articles

Cover Story: Collagen is the most abundant structural protein in vertebrates, found in skin, bones and cartilage, among other tissues, with a pivotal role in the maintenance of their biological and structural integrity. Collagen is thus a key building block in biomaterials design for tissue engineering and regeneration. Conventionally, collagen has porcine or bovine origin, which present some ethical and safety constrains, and marine species have been presented as a sustainable alternative, particularly when considering fish processing industry by-products. In the highlighted work, collagen type I was isolated from codfish skins and, despite the lower denaturation temperature, the high purity extracts enable the production of collagen coating supporting the culture of human fibroblast cell line, with promising biomedical application. View this paper.
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Articles (60)

  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,029 Views
11 Pages

Marine Compound Xyloketal B as a Potential Drug Development Target for Neuroprotection

  • Haifan Gong,
  • Zhengwei Luo,
  • Wenliang Chen,
  • Zhong-Ping Feng,
  • Guan-Lei Wang and
  • Hong-Shuo Sun

19 December 2018

Xyloketal B is a natural compound isolated from the mangrove fungus, Xylaria sp. in the South China Sea. In the past decade, studies have shown that xyloketal B exhibits anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory, and anti-apoptotic abilities and may serve as...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,206 Views
15 Pages

Metabolites from the Paracel Islands Soft Coral Sinularia cf. molesta

  • Mei-Jun Chu,
  • Xu-Li Tang,
  • Xiao Han,
  • Tao Li,
  • Xiang-Chao Luo,
  • Ming-Ming Jiang,
  • Leen Van Ofwegen,
  • Lian-Zhong Luo,
  • Gang Zhang and
  • Ping-Lin Li
  • + 1 author

19 December 2018

Five new oxygenated sesquiterpenes, molestins A–D (1, 3–5) and epi-gibberodione (2), three new cyclopentenone derivatives, ent-sinulolides C, D, and F ((+)-9–(+)-11), one new butenolide derivative, ent-sinulolide H ((+)-13), and one...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,669 Views
19 Pages

Synergistic AML Cell Death Induction by Marine Cytotoxin (+)-1(R), 6(S), 1’(R), 6’(S), 11(R), 17(S)-Fistularin-3 and Bcl-2 Inhibitor Venetoclax

  • Cristina Florean,
  • Kyung Rok Kim,
  • Michael Schnekenburger,
  • Hyun-Jung Kim,
  • Céline Moriou,
  • Cécile Debitus,
  • Mario Dicato,
  • Ali Al-Mourabit,
  • Byung Woo Han and
  • Marc Diederich

19 December 2018

Treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients is still hindered by resistance and relapse, resulting in an overall poor survival rate. Recently, combining specific B-cell lymphoma (Bcl)-2 inhibitors with compounds downregulating myeloid cell leu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
5,476 Views
12 Pages

19 December 2018

On the basis of the ‘one strain, many compounds’ (OSMAC) strategy, chemical investigation of the marine-derived fungus Trichothecium roseum resulted in the isolation of trichomide cyclodepsipeptides (compounds 1–4) from PDB medium,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,433 Views
18 Pages

Reduced Number of Adipose Lineage and Endothelial Cells in Epididymal fat in Response to Omega-3 PUFA in Mice Fed High-Fat Diet

  • Katerina Adamcova,
  • Olga Horakova,
  • Kristina Bardova,
  • Petra Janovska,
  • Marie Brezinova,
  • Ondrej Kuda,
  • Martin Rossmeisl and
  • Jan Kopecky

18 December 2018

We found previously that white adipose tissue (WAT) hyperplasia in obese mice was limited by dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (omega-3 PUFA). Here we aimed to characterize the underlying mechanism. C57BL/6N mice were fed a high-fat diet su...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,671 Views
18 Pages

Potential Usefulness of a Wakame/Carob Functional Snack for the Treatment of Several Aspects of Metabolic Syndrome: From In Vitro to In Vivo Studies

  • Cristina Martínez-Villaluenga,
  • Elena Peñas,
  • Daniel Rico,
  • Ana Belén Martin-Diana,
  • Maria P. Portillo,
  • Maria Teresa Macarulla,
  • Daniel Antonio De Luis and
  • Jonatan Miranda

17 December 2018

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) greatly increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of functional snacks containing a combination of wakame (W) and carob pod (CP) flours in...

  • Review
  • Open Access
43 Citations
6,166 Views
20 Pages

Sterol and Sphingoid Glycoconjugates from Microalgae

  • Valentin A. Stonik and
  • Inna V. Stonik

17 December 2018

Microalgae are well known as primary producers in the hydrosphere. As sources of natural products, microalgae are attracting major attention due to the potential of their practical applications as valuable food constituents, raw material for biofuels...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,887 Views
11 Pages

Bromopyrrole Alkaloids from the Sponge Agelas kosrae

  • Oh-Seok Kwon,
  • Donghwa Kim,
  • Heegyu Kim,
  • Yeon-Ju Lee,
  • Hyi-Seung Lee,
  • Chung J. Sim,
  • Dong-Chan Oh,
  • Sang Kook Lee,
  • Ki-Bong Oh and
  • Jongheon Shin

17 December 2018

Two new sceptrin derivatives (1,2) and eight structurally-related known bromopyrrole-bearing alkaloids were isolated from the tropical sponge Agelas kosrae. By a combination of spectroscopic methods, the new compounds, designated dioxysceptrin (1) an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
72 Citations
6,990 Views
10 Pages

Antiviral and Antioxidant Properties of Echinochrome A

  • Sergey A. Fedoreyev,
  • Natalia V. Krylova,
  • Natalia P. Mishchenko,
  • Elena A. Vasileva,
  • Evgeny A. Pislyagin,
  • Olga V. Iunikhina,
  • Vyacheslav F. Lavrov,
  • Oksana A. Svitich,
  • Linna K. Ebralidze and
  • Galina N. Leonova

15 December 2018

The aim of this study was to examine the in vitro antioxidant and antiviral activities of echinochrome A and echinochrome-based antioxidant composition against tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) and herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1). The antioxid...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
6,577 Views
17 Pages

Transcriptome Analysis of Phycocyanin-Mediated Inhibitory Functions on Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer A549 Cell Growth

  • Shuai Hao,
  • Shuang Li,
  • Jing Wang,
  • Lei Zhao,
  • Yan Yan,
  • Qi Cao,
  • Tingting Wu,
  • Liyun Liu and
  • Chengtao Wang

15 December 2018

Phycocyanin (PC), derived from cyanobacteria and Spirulina cells, is a type of natural antineoplastic marine protein. It has been reported that phycocyanin exerts an antitumor function in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells, but the underlying m...

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