Identification and Extraction of Bioactive Compounds from Marine Life
A special issue of Pharmaceuticals (ISSN 1424-8247). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 164
Special Issue Editors
Interests: anticancer drugs; antimicrobial drugs; oncology; small molecule drugs
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The discovery and development of new pharmaceuticals to address the increase in global cancer and infectious diseases is an urgent scientific challenge. Natural products remain the foundation of drug discovery and development research. Many emerging anticancer and antimicrobial drugs have their origins in nature. However, the molecular diversity of the oceans, a potential source of many clinical solutions, has not been fully explored. The marine environment, with its unique and extreme conditions, is a rich source of ecological competition, resistance to environmental threats, and sophisticated communication mechanisms. This environment harbors novel biomolecules with untapped pharmaceutical potential, making natural products the linchpin of global new drug discovery. A staggering 63% of new anticancer drugs in the market are linked to natural products; yet, the molecular diversity of the oceans, which cover 70% of the planet and 95% of the biosphere, remains largely untapped. Marine life, including microorganisms, is a treasure trove of protective molecular products that can withstand environmental conditions, ecological competition, and communication. These scenarios provide opportunities for bioprospecting bioactive compounds. The global scientific community is coming together to exploit these properties and develop robust, novel clinical products. This Special Issue aims to document these collective efforts to unearth bioactive products from the marine environment and catalogue existing and potential bioactive compounds for clinical use, making you a part of this larger scientific community.
Prof. Dr. Monde Mc Millan Ntwasa
Prof. Dr. Wilfred T. Mabusela
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural products
- marine life
- bioactive compounds
- cancer
- antimicrobials
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