Marine organisms-Treasure house of valuable products and their chemical perspectives
The marine environment covers a wide thermal range (from the below freezing temperatures in Antarctic waters to about 350°C in deep hydrothermal vents), pressure range (1-1000 atm), nutrient range (oligotrophic to eutrophic) and it has extensive photic and non-photic zones. This extensive variabilit...
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| Format: | Conference Object |
| Language: | English |
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2018
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/13020/ http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/13020/1/Winter%20School_Recent%20Advances_Bioactive%20compounds_Chapter%203.pdf |
| Summary: | The marine environment covers a wide thermal range (from the below freezing temperatures in Antarctic waters to about 350°C in deep hydrothermal vents), pressure range (1-1000 atm), nutrient range (oligotrophic to eutrophic) and it has extensive photic and non-photic zones. This extensive variability has facilitated speciation at all phylogenetic levels, from unicellular microorganisms to mammals. New metabolites from marine organisms have resulted in the isolation of more or less 10,000 metabolites, many of which are endowed with pharmacodynamic properties. Considering its great taxonomic diversity, investigations related to the search of new bioactive compounds from the marine environment can be seen as an almost unlimited field. Of note is that the chemical compounds with pluralities of bioactive properties are present in the marine organisms as an adaptive mechanism to survive against the extreme stress factors in the oceanic ecosystems, which cannot be found in terrestrial organisms. |
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