Marine life forms are an important source of structurally diverse and biologically active
secondary metabolites, several of which have inspired the development of new classes of …

Along with compounds from terrestrial microorganisms, the constituents of higher plants
have provided a substantial number of the natural product-derived drugs used currently in …

Plant secondary metabolites and their semi-synthetic derivatives continue to play an
important role in anticancer drug therapy. In this short review, selected single chemical entity …

Covering: 1972 to 2011 This review covers the literature of prenylated quinone,
hydroquinone and naphthoquinone marine natural products with reported cytotoxic and/or …

Coral reefs are among the most productive marine ecosystems and are the source of a large
group of structurally unique biosynthetic products. Annual reviews of marine natural …

Background: In spite of major technological advances in conventional therapies, cancer
continues to remain the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Phytochemicals are gradually …

Marine sponges contain dense and diverse microbial communities, which are renowned as
a source of bioactive metabolites. The biological activities of sponge-microbe natural …

Marine sponges are a rich source of bioactive compounds with pharmaceutical potential.
Since biological production is one option to supply materials for early drug development, the …

海洋真菌生物活性物质研究之管见 Page 1 Mycosystema 菌物学报15 March 2011, 30(2): 218-228
jwxt@im.ac.cn ISSN1672-6472 CN11-5180Q ©2011 Institute of Microbiology, CAS, all rights …

Novel toxic metabolites from marine cyanobacteria have been thoroughly explored.
Biologically active and chemically diverse compounds that could be hepatotoxic, neurotoxic …