Bioactive Natural Products from Marine Cyanobacteria: From Discovery to Valorization
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 March 2026 | Viewed by 3
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bioactive compounds from cyanobacteria; toxin from cyanobacteria; blue biotechnology; cyanobacteria as renewable bioresource; sustainable industrial applications; environmental and human health impact; environmental biotechnology; green bioprocessing; natural pigments
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Interests: bioactive compounds from cyanobacteria; toxin from cyanobacteria; blue biotechnology; cyanobacteria as renewable bioresource; sustainable industrial applications; environmental and human health impact; environmental biotechnology; green bioprocessing; natural pigments
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Marine cyanobacteria are prolific producers of structurally diverse natural products with a wide range of bioactivities, including anticancer, antimicrobial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. These metabolites have significant potential as lead compounds for pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and biotechnological applications.
Beyond their biomedical relevance, marine cyanobacteria offer opportunities for sustainable exploitation, including the valorization of pigments, bioactive compounds and other metabolites in food, cosmetics, textiles, agriculture and environmental biotechnology. Advances in cultivation, metabolic engineering and bioprocessing are key to unlocking this potential.
This Special Issue welcomes original research and review articles on the discovery, characterization, bioactivity and sustainable exploitation of natural products from marine cyanobacteria. Topics include novel metabolite identification, biosynthetic pathway elucidation, synthetic biology approaches, pigment utilization and translational applications, providing a comprehensive perspective on their valorization and biotechnological potential.
Dr. Rosário Martins
Dr. Marisa Alexandra Freitas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- marine cyanobacteria
- natural products
- bioactive metabolites
- anticancer compounds
- antimicrobial agents
- pigment valorization
- sustainable bioprocessing
- biosynthetic pathways
- synthetic biology
- biotechnological applications
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