Biological activities of selected marine natural products

Planta Med. 1994 Dec;60(6):532-7. doi: 10.1055/s-2006-959565.

Abstract

Sixty-nine natural products derived from Phaeophyta (brown algae), Rhodophyta (red algae), Porifera (sponges), Cnidaria (soft corals), and Mollusca (nudibranchs) were investigated for their cytotoxic, antimalarial, and antimicrobial effects. Fifty-six were found to mediate a positive response in one or more of these test systems.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology
  • Antimalarials / pharmacology
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Biological Products / pharmacology*
  • Cnidaria / chemistry*
  • Eukaryota / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Molecular Structure
  • Mollusca / chemistry*
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Antimalarials
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Biological Products