Cnidarians as a source of new marine bioactive compounds - an overview of the last decade and future steps for bioprospecting

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Autor(a) principal: Rocha, Joana
Data de Publicação: 2011
Outros Autores: Peixe, Luisa, Gomes, Newton C. M., Calado, Ricardo
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/25170
Resumo: Marine invertebrates are rich sources of bioactive compounds and their biotechnological potential attracts scientific and economic interest worldwide. Although sponges are the foremost providers of marine bioactive compounds, cnidarians are also being studied with promising results. This diverse group of marine invertebrates includes over 11,000 species, 7500 of them belonging to the class Anthozoa. We present an overview of some of the most promising marine bioactive compounds from a therapeutic point of view isolated from cnidarians in the first decade of the 21st century. Anthozoan orders Alcyonacea and Gorgonacea exhibit by far the highest number of species yielding promising compounds. Antitumor activity has been the major area of interest in the screening of cnidarian compounds, the most promising ones being terpenoids (monoterpenoids, diterpenoids, sesquiterpenoids). We also discuss the future of bioprospecting for new marine bioactive compounds produced by cnidarians.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Cnidarians as a source of new marine bioactive compounds - an overview of the last decade and future steps for bioprospecting
title Cnidarians as a source of new marine bioactive compounds - an overview of the last decade and future steps for bioprospecting
spellingShingle Cnidarians as a source of new marine bioactive compounds - an overview of the last decade and future steps for bioprospecting
Rocha, Joana
Coral
Sea fan
Sea anemone
Biotechnology
title_short Cnidarians as a source of new marine bioactive compounds - an overview of the last decade and future steps for bioprospecting
title_full Cnidarians as a source of new marine bioactive compounds - an overview of the last decade and future steps for bioprospecting
title_fullStr Cnidarians as a source of new marine bioactive compounds - an overview of the last decade and future steps for bioprospecting
title_full_unstemmed Cnidarians as a source of new marine bioactive compounds - an overview of the last decade and future steps for bioprospecting
title_sort Cnidarians as a source of new marine bioactive compounds - an overview of the last decade and future steps for bioprospecting
author Rocha, Joana
author_facet Rocha, Joana
Peixe, Luisa
Gomes, Newton C. M.
Calado, Ricardo
author_role author
author2 Peixe, Luisa
Gomes, Newton C. M.
Calado, Ricardo
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Rocha, Joana
Peixe, Luisa
Gomes, Newton C. M.
Calado, Ricardo
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Coral
Sea fan
Sea anemone
Biotechnology
topic Coral
Sea fan
Sea anemone
Biotechnology
description Marine invertebrates are rich sources of bioactive compounds and their biotechnological potential attracts scientific and economic interest worldwide. Although sponges are the foremost providers of marine bioactive compounds, cnidarians are also being studied with promising results. This diverse group of marine invertebrates includes over 11,000 species, 7500 of them belonging to the class Anthozoa. We present an overview of some of the most promising marine bioactive compounds from a therapeutic point of view isolated from cnidarians in the first decade of the 21st century. Anthozoan orders Alcyonacea and Gorgonacea exhibit by far the highest number of species yielding promising compounds. Antitumor activity has been the major area of interest in the screening of cnidarian compounds, the most promising ones being terpenoids (monoterpenoids, diterpenoids, sesquiterpenoids). We also discuss the future of bioprospecting for new marine bioactive compounds produced by cnidarians.
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