Bioactive Polyketides from Marine Resources

Dear Colleagues,   

Marine organisms from unique habitats are a prolific source of compounds characterized by novel chemical structures and remarkable biological activities. Polyketides, one of the major classes of marine natural products, represent a highly diverse group of natural products possessing structurally intriguing carbon skeletons that comprise polyphenols, macrolides, polyenes, enediynes, and polyethers. Particularly, polyketides exhibit significant biological activities, mainly as antitumor, antibiotics, antiparasitics, immunosuppressants, and cholesterol-lowering agents.

This Special Issue focuses on bioactive polyketides derived from marine organisms, especially from marine microorganisms, offering researchers the opportunity to publish original work on various topics including, but not limited to, the following:

isolation, structure elucidation, and bioactivity of polyketides from marine resources, and design, synthesis, modification, and structure–activity relationship of polyketides.

Dr. Yan-Bo Zeng
Guest Editor

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