Sulfur-Containing Marine Bioactives
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2020) | Viewed by 28292
Special Issue Editor
Interests: response of marine organisms to emerging contaminants; antioxidants; 5-thiohistidines; nitric oxide signalling; biotechnological potential of marine organisms
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Dear Colleagues,
Sulfur is an essential element for all living organisms, required by algae, plants, fungi, animals and humans for growth and development. It is present in a variety of biomolecules involved in many biological functions, including the maintenance of cell redox homeostasis, defense and detoxifying processes. The alteration of sulphur compound metabolism may lead to human diseases as well as to plant and animal pathologies.
The marine environment, which is characterized by a high biodiversity of species and a great chemical diversity, represents a great potential source of sulfur bioactive molecules. A broad range of biologically active sulfur compounds with unique structures and pharmacological properties have been reported to occur in marine organisms, from aminoacids to different sulphated derivatives. Great attention is also focused on sulfur metabolites in the marine microbial world in relation to the global sulfur cycle.
The aim of this Special Issue is to present the existing knowledge and recent studies on sulfur-containing marine compounds bioactive on different biological systems. Attention is also focused on the metabolites active at the ecological level.
I cordially invite researchers to contribute to this Special Issue by submitting original research articles and review papers.
Dr. Anna Palumbo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Sulfur compounds
- Sulfur cycle
- Bioactive molecules
- Marine natural products
- Redox homeostasis
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