Echinoderm Quinonoid Metabolites
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 1799
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Echinoids are marine invertebrates belonging to the phylum Echinoids. They have various metabolites with a wide range of biological activity. Naphthoquinone pigments called spinochromes have been found in echinoderms, mainly in sea urchins.
The study of quinoid pigments of sea urchins is widely carried out by scientists from Japan, China, Korea, Vietnam and Russia. Different types of sea urchins contain naphthoquinoid pigments of different composition, showing different biological activity. It is known that all spinochromes are capable of regenerative properties. In addition, naphthoquinones are characterized by iron-lowering, antiradical, antioxidant, cytotoxic and cardioprotective activities.
In this Special Issue of Marine Drugs, we aim to present the latest research on the bioactive compounds from sea urchins. Authors are invited to submit papers detailing their latest discoveries and to settle controversies in existing data on the structures, biosynthesis, distribution, functions, stability, bioactivity and biomedical applications of echinoderm quinonoid metabolites.
Prof. Dr. Nelly A. Odintsova
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- marine organisms
- naphthoquinones
- pigment cells
- sea urchins
- transcription factors
