Marine Natural Product of the South Pacific Area II

Dear Colleagues,

The South Pacific is a huge region but is often seen only in relation to its tropical and coral reef aspects of the Oceania part. However, it includes temperate Oceania and the Pacific Antarctica regions and a great part of the western coast of South America. The South Pacific offers a tiny portion of inhabited, enclosed land compared to the vastness of the ocean. The tropical islands, being either continental relics, such as part of Melanesia, or of volcanic origin, such as the Polynesian Islands, display protective coral reefs that are home to a great diversity of flora and fauna, offering an incredible treasure trove of natural products. The cold and deep environments are not to be outdone: in addition to a rich bathyal and abyssal fauna, these biotopes offer a mine of microorganisms with important biotechnological potential.

This Special Issue dedicated to the South Pacific offers researchers the opportunity to publish their original work in a large number of fields: natural products of fauna and flora, as well as of microorganisms, presenting biological activities in a large number of domains, whether for health, environmental, or biotechnological applications. The huge array of species gives us the opportunity to discover new minor compounds and key biosynthetic intermediates, which allow us to further understand the biogenetic pathways and to plan biomimetic syntheses. Sustainable production of natural products is of a great interest in the actual context of blue chemistry. All these chemical, biological and ecological aspects are welcome in this issue.

Dr. Ali Al-Mourabit
Dr. Sylvain Petek
Guest Editors

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• South Pacific
• Pacific–Antarctic
• bioactive metabolites
• biotechnological applications
• natural products
• toxins
• total synthesis
• biomimetic synthesis