Abstract
Marine ecosystem covers 70% or more of the earth’s surface.
These ecosystems are habitat to a great diversity of marine organisms that produce highly structural diverse metabolites
as defense mechanisms [1,2]. Of these marine organisms,
invertebrates produce bioactive natural products that may be
useful for developing and producing novel drugs [3,4]. Marine invertebrates include several species which cut across different
taxa including Porifera, Annelids, Coelenterates (Cnidaria and
Ctenophora), Mollusks, Echinoderms and etc. [3,5]. Several studies
have already been conducted determining natural products from
marine invertebrates and their biological activities and also the
biosynthetic studies which lead to revision and modification of their
structures [5]. In a study conducted to determine the bioactivity
of sterols isolated from marine organisms, it was found out that
sterols play as anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, anti-HIV, and anticancer
activities [6].
#Bioactivities of Extracts from Different Marine Organisms around the World (2000 to Present) by Angelo Mark P Walag in BJSTR
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