Recent advances in deep-sea natural products

D Skropeta, L Wei - Natural product reports, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2009 to 2013. This review covers the 188 novel marine natural products
described since 2008, from deep-water (50–> 5000 m) marine fauna including bryozoa …

Bioactive compounds from marine heterobranchs

C Avila, C Angulo-Preckler - Marine Drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
The natural products of heterobranch molluscs display a huge variability both in structure
and in their bioactivity. Despite the considerable lack of information, it can be observed from …

The phylum bryozoa as a promising source of anticancer drugs

B Figuerola, C Avila - Marine drugs, 2019 - mdpi.com
Recent advances in sampling and novel techniques in drug synthesis and isolation have
promoted the discovery of anticancer agents from marine organisms to combat this major …

A review of “Polychaeta” chemicals and their possible ecological role

MCL Coutinho, VL Teixeira, CSG Santos - Journal of chemical ecology, 2018 - Springer
Despite the many publications concerning the isolation of substances and the many reviews
of marine natural products, some groups of organisms remain poorly studied, including …

The phylum Bryozoa: From biology to biomedical potential

ML Ciavatta, F Lefranc, LM Vieira, R Kiss, M Carbone… - Marine drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
Less than one percent of marine natural products characterized since 1963 have been
obtained from the phylum Bryozoa which, therefore, still represents a huge reservoir for the …

Palatability of ascidians: a meta-analysis of the predation effect on ascidians

JHG da Silva, LC Leal, GM Dias - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2024 - int-res.com
Ascidians are marine sessile animals that have evolved many strategies to reduce
predation. Previous manipulative experiments with ascidian tissues or pellets have shown …

The impact of ocean acidification on the gonads of three key Antarctic benthic macroinvertebrates

O Dell'Acqua, S Ferrando, M Chiantore, V Asnaghi - Aquatic Toxicology, 2019 - Elsevier
CO 2 atmospheric pressure is increasing since industrial revolution, leading to a lowering of
the ocean surface water pH, a phenomenon known as ocean acidification, with several …

From the Tropics to the Poles: chemical defense strategies in sea slugs (Mollusca: Heterobranchia)

C Avila, L Núñez-Pons, J Moles - Chemical Ecology, 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
“Opisthobranch” mollusks, comprising the commonly known sea slugs and sea hares,
present a wide variety of bioactive compounds protecting them against potential predators …

Natural products mediating ecological interactions in Antarctic benthic communities: a mini-review of the known molecules

L Núñez-Pons, C Avila - Natural Product Reports, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to the end of 2014 Out of the many bioactive compounds described from the
oceans, only a small fraction have been studied for their ecological significance. Similarly …

Mitogenome of a stink worm (Annelida: Travisiidae) includes degenerate group II intron that is also found in five congeneric species

G Kobayashi, H Itoh, S Kojima - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Mitogenomes are useful for inferring phylogenetic relationships between organisms.
Although the mitogenomes of Annelida, one of the most morphologically and ecologically …