Marine Bioactive Natural Product Studies in Europe

Dear Colleagues

Marine natural products as a source of bioactive compounds have attracted increased attention during the past decades, and several large-scale explorations of marine natural products have been launched especially in Europe. The biodiversity in marine resources offers great possibilities for discovering novel bioactive compounds with potential use, for example, in drug discovery for various therapeutic applications. Marine natural products have been particularly important in development of novel anticancer, antimicrobial and analgesic agents. However, the biodiversity and structural complexity of compounds stemming from marine natural products bring along several challenges that needs to be overcome in the process.

This special issue of Marine Drugs aims to assemble a collection of recent studies on marine bioactive natural products carried out in Europe, and to highlight some of the solutions developed by scientists to enhance the discovery of bioactive marine compounds.

Dr. Päivi Tammela
Guest Editor

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