Bioactive Proteins and Peptides from Marine Mollusks
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine-Derived Ingredients for Drugs, Cosmeceuticals and Nutraceuticals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 62
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The vast biodiversity among marine mollusks, alongside their significant utility and high nutritional value, has aroused great interest in the scientific community.
Many novel biomolecules originating from marine mollusks have been chemically determined and examples include proteins, peptides, fatty acids, terpenes, steroids, polyketides and nitrogen-containing compounds. These biologically active compounds from marine mollusks present great pharmacological potential in terms of their antioxidant, antibacterial, antiviral, antitumor, neuroprotective, and immunostimulating effects.
Among mollusk-derived natural products, protein and peptide-based therapeutics are a rapidly expanding category of pharmaceutical agents that are currently being exploited to treat various diseases. The high specificity and low toxicity of protein and peptide molecules compared to other small molecules make them a focus for drug development, with extensive research already underway on their therapeutic value.
This Special Issue has been developed to synthesize the latest research findings on various biomedical applications of proteins and peptides derived from diverse marine mollusks. We invite submissions of original research articles as well as comprehensive reviews in this field.
Dr. Yang Zhang
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- proteins
- peptides
- marine mollusks
- gastropoda
- bivalvia
- cephalopoda
