Bio-Active Components from Marine Sponge
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Chemoecology for Drug Discovery".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 1436
Special Issue Editor
Interests: marine invertebrates; natural product extraction; natural product isolation; bioactive compounds; chemotaxonomy; quorum sensing; anticancer and anti-infective agents; scientific database
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on bioactive components derived from marine sponges and offers researchers the opportunity to publish original work on various topics, including natural products derived from sponges and their associated microorganisms; the presentation of biological activities in many domains, whether for health-related, environmental, or biotechnological applications; and chemical ecology studies. Sustainable production via chemical synthesis and bioproduction through the culture of these bioactive specialized marine metabolites are of great interest in the context of blue chemistry. In this Special Issue, we welcome papers on all of these chemical, biological, and ecological aspects.
Dr. Sylvain Petek
Guest Editor
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Marine Drugs is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- sponges
- isolation
- synthesis
- bioactivity
- anti-cancer
- anti-infective
- human health
- animal health
- eco-friendly solution
- chemical ecology
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