Jellyfish Bioprospecting in the Mediterranean Sea: Antioxidant and Lysozyme-Like Activities from Aurelia coerulea (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) Extracts

• Published in: Marine Drugs
• Main Authors: Loredana Stabili, Lucia Rizzo, Rosa Caprioli, Antonella Leone, Stefano Piraino
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: bioactive compounds; antimicrobial compounds; lysozyme-like activity; peptides; moon medusa; Medusa; Pacific; Pacific oyster
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/md19110619

Marine invertebrates represent a vast, untapped source of bioactive compounds. Cnidarians are represented by nearly 10,000 species that contain a complex mixture of venoms, collagen, and other bioactive compounds, including enzymes, oligosaccharides, fatty acids, and lipophilic molecules. Due to the...