The rise of harmful cyanobacteria blooms: the potential roles of eutrophication and climate change

JM O'Neil, TW Davis, MA Burford, CJ Gobler - Harmful algae, 2012 - Elsevier
Cyanobacteria are the most ancient phytoplankton on the planet and form harmful algal
blooms in freshwater, estuarine, and marine ecosystems. Recent research suggests that …

Revealing the potential of cyanobacteria in cosmetics and cosmeceuticals—A new bioactive approach

J Morone, A Alfeus, V Vasconcelos, R Martins - Algal Research, 2019 - Elsevier
The growing concern over appearance, health and aging has driven the exploration for
cosmetics based on natural sources. Alongside with plants, algae and eukaryotic …

Cyanobacteria as natural therapeutics and pharmaceutical potential: Role in antitumor activity and as nanovectors

H Qamar, K Hussain, A Soni, A Khan, T Hussain… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cyanobacteria (blue-green microalgae) are ubiquitous, Gram-negative photoautotrophic
prokaryotes. They are considered as one of the most efficient sources of bioactive secondary …

Single cell genome amplification accelerates identification of the apratoxin biosynthetic pathway from a complex microbial assemblage

RV Grindberg, T Ishoey, D Brinza, E Esquenazi… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Filamentous marine cyanobacteria are extraordinarily rich sources of structurally novel,
biomedically relevant natural products. To understand their biosynthetic origins as well as …

Filamentous tropical marine cyanobacteria: a rich source of natural products for anticancer drug discovery

LT Tan - Journal of Applied Phycology, 2010 - Springer
A plethora of structurally novel bioactive secondary metabolites have been reported from the
prokaryotic filamentous marine cyanobacteria in the past few decades. In addition to the …

Cyanobacteria: Potential candidates for drug discovery

RB Dixit, MR Suseela - Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, 2013 - Springer
Cyanobacteria are a rich source of vast array of bioactive molecules including toxins with
wide pharmaceutical importance. They show varied bioactivities like antitumor, antiviral …

Cytotoxic Veraguamides, Alkynyl Bromide-Containing Cyclic Depsipeptides from the Marine Cyanobacterium cf. Oscillatoria margaritifera

E Mevers, WT Liu, N Engene, H Mohimani… - Journal of natural …, 2011 - ACS Publications
A family of cancer cell cytotoxic cyclodepsipeptides, veraguamides A− C (1− 3) and H− L (4−
8), were isolated from a collection of cf. Oscillatoria margaritifera obtained from the Coiba …

In vitro screening of antimicrobial, antioxidant, cytotoxic activities, and characterization of bioactive substances from freshwater cyanobacteria Oscillatoria sp. SSCM01 …

P Nainangu, APM Antonyraj, K Subramanian… - Biocatalysis and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cyanobacteria are rich sources of structurally novel and biologically active metabolites with
antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, and anticancer activities. The present study aimed to …

The unique mechanistic transformations involved in the biosynthesis of modular natural products from marine cyanobacteria

AC Jones, EA Monroe, EB Eisman, L Gerwick… - Natural product …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to January 2010 Cyanobacteria are abundant producers of natural products
well recognized for their bioactivity and utility in drug discovery and biotechnology …

Exploring bioactive properties of marine cyanobacteria isolated from the Portuguese coast: High potential as a source of anticancer compounds

M Costa, M Garcia, J Costa-Rodrigues, MS Costa… - Marine drugs, 2013 - mdpi.com
The oceans remain a major source of natural compounds with potential in pharmacology. In
particular, during the last few decades, marine cyanobacteria have been in focus as …