Marine organisms have been recognized as a valuable source of bioactive compounds with
industrial and nutraceutical potential. Recently, marine-derived carbohydrates, including …

Sea cucumbers produce numerous compounds with a wide range of chemical structural
diversity. Among these, saponins are the most diverse and include sulfated, non-sulfated …

Four similar sponges of different colors, all unknown to science, were collected in submarine
caves of New Caledonia. We aimed at determining whether the four chromotypes …

Marine sponges are an ancient and diverse animal phylum that host well-established
symbiotic microbial communities. The vast majority of the microbial genetic diversity in …

A new saponin derivative named eryloside W was isolated from the marine sponge
Dictyonella marsilii (Demospongiae, Halichondrida, Dictyonellidae). The structure of the …

This book assesses current efforts in marine biomedicine and evaluates the implications of
recent advances on the future of the field. The book covers four sections. The first one …

Infectious diseases pose a significant threat to human health. Currently, approximately 1
billion people are at risk of infection. 1 This, however, is mainly contained to the tropics, and …

Trypanosoma cruzi is the aetiological agent of Chagas disease that affects 6–7 million
people in Latin America. Chemotherapy for this disease is unsatisfactory; therefore, it …

Natural products from fungal sources provide an astonishing diversity of bioactive
molecules. The secondary metabolite production in fungi is strongly affected by …