Chemical Defense in Marine Organisms 3rd Edition
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Chemoecology for Drug Discovery".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2024 | Viewed by 1634
Special Issue Editors
Interests: marine organisms, microalgae, transcriptomics, enzymes, bioactivity screening, genome-mining
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Interests: marine biotechnology; marine chemical ecology; drug discovery; marine organisms
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Marine organisms have evolved several mechanisms to survive in extremely different and hostile environments in terms of light, temperature, salinity, pressure, and predation. The harsh chemical and physical conditions of the marine environment have favored the production of a great variety of molecules in marine organisms that are unique in terms of diversity, structural, and functional features. Chemical defenses include not only the production of toxins (e.g., during harmful algal blooms), but also a plethora of defensive metabolites, mainly secondary metabolites, produced after specific external stimuli. These compounds represent a large reservoir of new bioactive compounds with great pharmaceutical potential.
The third edition of the Special Issue “Chemical Defense in Marine Organisms” aims to collect papers with up-to-date findings on the chemical defensive strategies adopted by marine organisms in order to survive, as well as regarding chemical ecology and marine natural products with potential human applications. This Special Issue will also present recent discoveries related to the regulation and activation of biosynthetic pathways for the production of defensive metabolites.
Dr. Chiara Lauritano
Dr. Adrianna Ianora
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- defense strategies
- stress responses
- toxins
- secondary metabolites
- marine organisms
- enzymatic pathway activation
- bioactive compounds
- biotechnological applications
Related Special Issues
- Chemical Defense in Marine Organisms II in Marine Drugs (5 articles)
- Chemical Defense in Marine Organisms in Marine Drugs (9 articles)
