Bioactive natural products from marine angiosperms

abundance and functions

verfasst von

Ponnambalam Subhashini, Elangovan Dilipan, Thirunavukkarasu Thangaradjou, Jutta Papenbrock

Abstract

This review explores the natural products of seagrass that are to be exploited for their bioactive potential. Beside from portraying the presence of a wide array of secondary compounds such as phenols, flavonoids, sterols and lipids from different seagrass species, the focus is on novel natural products projecting towards their biological applications. Though there are a significant number of reports on the abundance of secondary metabolites from seagrass and their bioactive derivatives, only a small number of reports explore their functional and defensive characteristics. Efforts have been made to collate the available information on seagrass natural products and clarify their function and metabolic pathway’s. It is emphasized that metabolic profiling of seagrass should be extensively progressed to obtain a deeper knowledge about the specific roles of each natural product. The investigation of seagrass natural products for their bioactive potential would most likely result in the detection of surprising and unexpected novel chemical structures and clinical leads that may be useful to mankind. [Figure not available: see fulltext.].

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Botanik

Externe Organisation(en)

Annamalai University

Typ

Übersichtsarbeit

Journal

Natural Products and Bioprospecting

Band

3

Seiten

129-136

Anzahl der Seiten

8

ISSN

2192-2195

Publikationsdatum

01.08.2013

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Lebensmittelwissenschaften, Pflanzenkunde, Biochemie, Analytische Chemie, Organische Chemie, Pharmakologie, Toxikologie

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 14 – Lebensraum Wasser

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1007/s13659-013-0043-6 (Zugang: Offen)