Producing drugs from marine sponges.

Potential of sponges and microalgae for marine biotechnology.

Marine organisms can be used to produce several novel products that have applications in new medical technologies, in food and feed ingredients and as biofuels. In this paper two examples are described: the development of marine drugs from sponges and the use of microalgae to produce bulk chemicals and biofuels. Many sponges produce bioactive compounds with important potential applications as m...

Ecology and biotechnological potential of bacterial community from three marine sponges of the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Marine sponges has been a large reservoir of microbial diversity, with the presence of many species specific populations as well as producing biologically active compounds, which has attracted great biotechnological interest. In order to verify the influence of the environment in the composition of the bacterial community present in marine sponges and biotechnological potential of bacteria isol...

Antioxidant Activity of Six Marine Sponges Collected from the Persian Gulf

Identificationof sponges of inter tidal zone in North of Hengam Island, Persian Gulf

In this study marine sponges of inter tidal zone from Hengam Island Persian Gulf were collected by wading at low tides in Eskeleh station at  locations 55˚ 53ʹ 40ʺ E & 26˚ 40ʹ 53ʺ N.For identifying identification of sponge samples, acid digestion method as a method of early detection and microtome section to identify the skeletal structure were used.All the identified sponges were from class De...

Triterpenoids as Anticancer Drugs from Marine Sponges

S.-K. Kim Specialized Graduate School & Technology Convergence, Department of Marine-Bio Convergence Science, Marine Bioprocess Research Center, Pukyong National University, Yongdong Campus, 365, Sinseon-ro, Nam-gu, Busan 608-739, Republic of Korea e-mail: [email protected] Abstract Natural products provide an important source of new therapeutic drugs and biochemical tools. In the last decades ...