Bioactive Compounds from Marine Diatoms: Chemical Ecology and Their Biotechnological Potentials
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Biotechnology Related to Drug Discovery or Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 4
Special Issue Editors
Interests: novel bioactive metabolites from marine microalgae for pharmaceutical; nutraceutical and cosmeceutical applications; novel strategies to enhance industrial production of marine-derived compounds
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Interests: diatoms; microalgae; molecular biology and biochemistry; bioinformatics; pharmacological and nutraceutical activity
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the Special Issue in Marine Drugs, which is focused on “Bioactive Compounds from Marine Diatoms: Chemical Ecology and Their Biotechnological Potentials”.
Marine diatoms are prolific microalgae that play a crucial role in global primary production and form the foundation of marine food webs. Beyond their ecological significance, diatoms have emerged as a rich source of structurally diverse and biologically active compounds with promising applications across the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, cosmetic, and agricultural sectors.
This Special Issue aims to explore the chemical ecology of marine diatoms—their natural chemical defense mechanisms, allelopathic interactions, and signaling molecules—as well as to highlight their potential biotechnological exploitation, from bioactive compound discovery to bioprocess optimization and functional product development.
We invite researchers from diverse fields such as marine biology, natural products chemistry, biotechnology, and ecological modeling to contribute original research articles, short communications, and comprehensive reviews. Contributions may address, but are not limited to, the following areas:
- Isolation and characterization of novel bioactive metabolites from diatoms;
- Ecological roles of diatom-derived compounds in marine environments;
- Genomic and metabolomic approaches to biosynthetic pathway elucidation;
- Cultivation strategies for enhanced compound production;
- Diatom-derived compounds for cosmeceuticals, nutraceuticals, marine-derived functional foods, and nutritional supplements.
We look forward to your valuable contributions!
Dr. Giovanna Romano
Dr. Ida Orefice
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- diatoms
- chemical ecology
- chemical defense
- biosynthetic pathway
- omics
- cultivation
- cosmeceuticals
- nutraceuticals
- functional foods
- nutritional supplements
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