Cancer remains one of the most lethal diseases worldwide. There is an urgent need for new
drugs with novel modes of action and thus considerable research has been conducted for …

The prevalence of antimicrobial resistance reduces the effectiveness of antimicrobial drugs
in preventing and treating infectious diseases caused by pathogenic organisms, such as …

• Premise of the study: Fungi are major decomposers in certain ecosystems and essential
associates of many organisms. They provide enzymes and drugs and serve as experimental …

The genus Candida includes about 200 different species, but only a few species are human
opportunistic pathogens and cause infections when the host becomes debilitated or …

Marine sponges often contain diverse and abundant microbial communities, including
bacteria, archaea, microalgae, and fungi. In some cases, these microbial associates …

Metabolites from marine fungi have hogged the limelight in drug discovery because of their
promise as therapeutic agents. A number of metabolites related to marine fungi have been …

Seaweeds, being abundant sources of bioactive components have much interest in recent
times. The complex polysaccharides from the brown, red and green seaweeds possess …

The subject of this review is the biodiversity of marine sponges and associated microbes
which have been reported to produce therapeutically important compounds, along with the …

Oceans have borne most of the biological activities on our planet. A number of biologically
active compounds with varying degrees of action, such as anti-tumor, anti-cancer, anti …

During the past 15 years, most large pharmaceutical companies have decreased the
screening of natural products for drug discovery in favor of synthetic compound libraries …