Special Issue "Natural Products from Deep Sea 2nd Edition"
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397). This special issue belongs to the section "Structural Studies on Marine Natural Products".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2024 | Viewed by 1256
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bioactive metabolite screening from micro-organisms and plants; cellular signal transduction; development of anti-inflammatory and anticancer agents
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Interests: anti-inflammatory components; bioactive metabolites from deep-sea; marine natural products biosynthesis; green extraction
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Along with the successful Special Issue "Natural Products from the Deep Sea”, the new Special Issue "Natural Products from the Deep Sea 2023" aims to publish useful research in the screening of pharmacologically active compounds from nature.
Many scientists have tried to isolate novel and active compounds mainly from micro-organisms, including bacteria; Streptomyces; and fungi, plants, and ordinary marine organisms, since the middle of the 20th century. However, after the long history of screening, it is becoming more difficult to find novel compounds anywhere in the world.
Until now, more than 28,600 marine natural products have been reported. However, with the development on marine natural products research, the hit rate of new compounds is also decreasing. Scientists are turning their attention to the deep sea. By 2008, almost 400 compounds were isolated from deep-sea organisms. By 2013, a further 188 new deep-sea natural products were reported. About 75% of the deep-sea-origin compounds were reported to show biological activity (i.e., 141 of 188 compounds), with almost half (i.e., 81 of 188 compounds) exhibiting potent cytotoxicity in human cancer cell lines [Scropeta et al, 2014].
In addition to the micro-organisms, there are also sponges and corals in the deep sea. An investigation of the extracts of 65 twilight-zone (50–1000 m depth) sponges, gorgonians, hard corals, and sponge-associated bacteria resulted in an extremely high hit rate (42%) of active extracts, with a hit rate for sponge and gorgonian extracts of 72% [Schupp et al, 2009 and Wright et al. 2012].
Therefore, deep-sea organisms are important sources of natural products, especially for screening of pharmacologically active compounds. In this Special Issue, I would like to bring together articles on the screening of both new chemicals and bioactive metabolites produced by deep-sea organisms. Articles concerning the timely synthesis and biotransformation of natural products from the deep sea are also welcome. This Special Issue “Natural Products from the Deep Sea” will be useful for the screening of pharmacologically active compounds from nature.
Prof. Dr. Kazuo Umezawa
Dr. Liyan Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural products
- deep-sea organisms
- isolation
- structure determination
- synthesis
- biotransformation
- biological activities
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