Chemical Investigation of Antarctic Marine Organisms & Their Role in Modern Drug Discovery
The chemicals produced by biological systems, whether proteins, peptides, or terpenes, will always provide an intriguing topic for researchers. Invisibly controlling every aspect of nature, these molecules are responsible for life, evolution, and death. Specifically, here is described the secondary...
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ftunisfloridatam:oai:digitalcommons.usf.edu:etd-7280 2023-06-11T04:06:14+02:00 Chemical Investigation of Antarctic Marine Organisms & Their Role in Modern Drug Discovery Fries, Jacqueline Lee 2016-02-23T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/6084 https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/context/etd/article/7280/viewcontent/Fries_usf_0206D_13329.pdf unknown Digital Commons @ University of South Florida https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/6084 https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/context/etd/article/7280/viewcontent/Fries_usf_0206D_13329.pdf default USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations Natural Products Cheminformatics Ecology Metabolomics Deep Sea Octocorals Algae Plocamium Plumarella Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutics Organic Chemistry dissertation 2016 ftunisfloridatam 2023-05-04T18:05:44Z The chemicals produced by biological systems, whether proteins, peptides, or terpenes, will always provide an intriguing topic for researchers. Invisibly controlling every aspect of nature, these molecules are responsible for life, evolution, and death. Specifically, here is described the secondary metabolites produced by Antarctic marine organisms as well as others, and how they are used to defend or attract other animals while potentially providing health benefits to mankind. This is done through collection, extraction, and separation of individual specimens. The respective mixtures of compounds after isolation are then analyzed via spectroscopic methods such as nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and X-ray crystallography. Once identified, these compounds are tested in biological assays to provide a hypothesis for their use in nature or evidence that there may be a use for them in medicine. For this thesis, the Antarctic organisms described are an alga, Pocamium cartilagineum, an amphipod, Paradexamine fissicauda, a sponge, Dendrilla membranosa, and one undescribed and two known deep sea coral species, Briareopsis aegeon and Plumarella delicatissima. Beyond these specific specimens, their chemistry as well as natural products from other origins were combined to create a diverse compound library for biological screening against human pathogens. This was done using computational modeling and statistical analysis of the compound library and its comparison to other known chemical libraries. The diversity and impact of these molecules are assessed. Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis Antarc* Antarctic Digital Commons University of South Florida (USF) Antarctic The Antarctic |
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The chemicals produced by biological systems, whether proteins, peptides, or terpenes, will always provide an intriguing topic for researchers. Invisibly controlling every aspect of nature, these molecules are responsible for life, evolution, and death. Specifically, here is described the secondary metabolites produced by Antarctic marine organisms as well as others, and how they are used to defend or attract other animals while potentially providing health benefits to mankind. This is done through collection, extraction, and separation of individual specimens. The respective mixtures of compounds after isolation are then analyzed via spectroscopic methods such as nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and X-ray crystallography. Once identified, these compounds are tested in biological assays to provide a hypothesis for their use in nature or evidence that there may be a use for them in medicine. For this thesis, the Antarctic organisms described are an alga, Pocamium cartilagineum, an amphipod, Paradexamine fissicauda, a sponge, Dendrilla membranosa, and one undescribed and two known deep sea coral species, Briareopsis aegeon and Plumarella delicatissima. Beyond these specific specimens, their chemistry as well as natural products from other origins were combined to create a diverse compound library for biological screening against human pathogens. This was done using computational modeling and statistical analysis of the compound library and its comparison to other known chemical libraries. The diversity and impact of these molecules are assessed. |
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Chemical Investigation of Antarctic Marine Organisms & Their Role in Modern Drug Discovery |
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Chemical Investigation of Antarctic Marine Organisms & Their Role in Modern Drug Discovery |
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Chemical Investigation of Antarctic Marine Organisms & Their Role in Modern Drug Discovery |
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