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Marine Drugs, Volume 16, Issue 9

September 2018 - 53 articles

Cover Story: Glycolipids from marine origin represent an outstanding class of natural products with wide structural diversity and a broad range of biological activities. According to the nature of the lipidic fragment, they are classified into three main groups that are glycosphingolipids, glycoglycerolipids, and atypical glycolipids. The extreme difficulty to access these fascinating molecules from natural sources has made their chemical synthesis essential to provide their access for further biological studies and biomedicinal development. The exploration of the chemistry and biology of these fascinating molecules is providing excellent opportunities for the discovery and development of new drugs based on such glycoconjugates. View this paper.
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Articles (53)

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,401 Views
12 Pages

19 September 2018

The biosynthetic gene cluster for bisucaberin B (1, bsb gene cluster), an N-hydroxy-N-succinyl diamine (HSD)-based siderophore, was cloned from the marine bacterium Tenacibaculum mesophilum, originated from a marine sponge. The bsb gene cluster consi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
74 Citations
14,632 Views
16 Pages

18 September 2018

Marine organisms represent a highly diverse reserve of bioactives which could aid in the treatment of a wide range of diseases, including various musculoskeletal conditions. Osteoporosis in particular would benefit from a novel and effective marine-b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
8,542 Views
25 Pages

Stress-Induced Mucus Secretion and Its Composition by a Combination of Proteomics and Metabolomics of the Jellyfish Aurelia coerulea

  • Wenwen Liu,
  • Fengfeng Mo,
  • Guixian Jiang,
  • Hongyu Liang,
  • Chaoqun Ma,
  • Tong Li,
  • Lulu Zhang,
  • Liyan Xiong,
  • Gian Luigi Mariottini and
  • Jing Zhang
  • + 1 author

18 September 2018

Background: Jellyfish respond quickly to external stress that stimulates mucus secretion as a defense. Neither the composition of secreted mucus nor the process of secretion are well understood. Methods: Aurelia coerulea jellyfish were stimulated by...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,427 Views
11 Pages

Total Synthesis of the Highly N-Methylated Peptides Carmabin A and Dragomabin

  • Baijun Ye,
  • Peng Jiang,
  • Tingrong Zhang,
  • Yuanjun Sun,
  • Xin Hao,
  • Yingjun Cui,
  • Liang Wang and
  • Yue Chen

17 September 2018

The first total synthesis of carmabin A and dragomabin was achieved at 52.3 mg and 43.8 mg scale, respectively. The synthesis led to determination of the configuration of carmabin A and reassignment of the configuration of dragomabin at the stereogen...

  • Review
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,632 Views
10 Pages

Natural Product Chemistry of Gorgonian Corals of Genus Junceella–Part III

  • Hsu-Ming Chung,
  • Yi-Chen Wang,
  • Chung-Chih Tseng,
  • Nan-Fu Chen,
  • Zhi-Hong Wen,
  • Lee-Shing Fang,
  • Tsong-Long Hwang,
  • Yang-Chang Wu and
  • Ping-Jyun Sung

17 September 2018

The structures, names, bioactivities, and references of 82 natural products, including 48 new metabolites, purified from the gorgonian corals belonging to the genus Junceella are described in this review. All compounds mentioned in this review were o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
6,022 Views
13 Pages

Isolation, Characterization, and Pharmaceutical Applications of an Exopolysaccharide from Aerococcus Uriaeequi

  • Chunlei Wang,
  • Qiuping Fan,
  • Xiaofei Zhang,
  • Xiaoping Lu,
  • Yanrui Xu,
  • Wenxing Zhu,
  • Jie Zhang,
  • Wen Hao and
  • Lujiang Hao

16 September 2018

Many marine bacteria secrete exopolysaccharides (EPSs), which are made up of a substantial component of the macro-molecules surrounding cells. Recently, the wide demand for EPSs for food, cosmetics, pharmaceutical and other applications has led to gr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
4,520 Views
8 Pages

Cytotoxic Tetrahydroxanthone Dimers from the Mangrove-Associated Fungus Aspergillus versicolor HDN1009

  • Guihong Yu,
  • Guangwei Wu,
  • Zichao Sun,
  • Xiaomin Zhang,
  • Qian Che,
  • Qianqun Gu,
  • Tianjiao Zhu,
  • Dehai Li and
  • Guojian Zhang

14 September 2018

Three new tetrahydroxanthone dimers, 5-epi-asperdichrome (1), versixanthones N (2), and O (3), were isolated from the mangrove-derived fungus Aspergillus versicolor HDN1009. Their structures, including the absolute configurations, were elucidated by...

  • Review
  • Open Access
70 Citations
13,193 Views
55 Pages

UV-Protective Compounds in Marine Organisms from the Southern Ocean

  • Laura Núñez-Pons,
  • Conxita Avila,
  • Giovanna Romano,
  • Cinzia Verde and
  • Daniela Giordano

14 September 2018

Solar radiation represents a key abiotic factor in the evolution of life in the oceans. In general, marine, biota—particularly in euphotic and dysphotic zones—depends directly or indirectly on light, but ultraviolet radiation (UV-R) can d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,916 Views
10 Pages

Influence of Modified Fucoidan and Related Sulfated Oligosaccharides on Hematopoiesis in Cyclophosphamide-Induced Mice

  • Natalia Yu. Anisimova,
  • Nadezhda E. Ustyuzhanina,
  • Maria I. Bilan,
  • Fedor V. Donenko,
  • Natalia A. Ushakova,
  • Anatolii I. Usov,
  • Mikhail V. Kiselevskiy and
  • Nikolay E. Nifantiev

13 September 2018

Immunosuppression derived after cytostatics application in cancer chemotherapy is considered as an adverse side effect that leads to deterioration of quality of life and risk of infectious diseases. A linear sulfated (1→3)-α-l-fucan M-Fuc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
140 Citations
10,372 Views
18 Pages

Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Extraction of Astaxanthin, Lutein, and Fatty Acids from Haematococcus pluvialis Microalgae

  • Giuseppe Di Sanzo,
  • Sanjeet Mehariya,
  • Maria Martino,
  • Vincenzo Larocca,
  • Patrizia Casella,
  • Simeone Chianese,
  • Dino Musmarra,
  • Roberto Balducchi and
  • Antonio Molino

13 September 2018

Haematococcus pluvialis microalgae in the red phase can produce significant amounts of astaxanthin, lutein, and fatty acids (FAs), which are valuable antioxidants in nutraceutics and cosmetics. Extraction of astaxanthin, lutein, and FAs from disrupte...

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