The carbon metabolism of two marine sponges, Haliclona oculata and Dysidea avara, has been studied using a 13C isotope pulse-chase approach. The sponges were fed 13C-labeled diatoms (Skeletonema costatum) for 8 h and they took up between 75 and 85%. At different times, sponges were sampled for total 13C enrichment, and fatty acid (FA) composition and 13C enrichment. Algal biomarkers present in ...

INTRODUCTION Application of nanoparticles has been extensively increased in last decades. Nanoparticles of noble metals such as gold, platinum and especially silver are widely applied in medical and pharmaceutical applications. Although, variety of physical and chemical methods has been developed for production of metal nanoparticles, because of destructive effects of them on environment, biosy...

BACKGROUND Natural products isolated from marine environments are well known for their pharmacodynamic potential in diverse disease treatments, such as for cancer or inflammatory conditions. Sea cucumbers are marine animals of the phylum Echinoderm and the class Holothuroidea, with leathery skin and gelatinous bodies. Sponges are important components of Persian Gulf animal communities, and the ...

Deep-sea stony corals, which can be fragile, long-lived, late to mature and habitat-forming, are defined as vulnerable marine ecosystem indicator taxa. Under United Nations resolutions, these corals require protection from human disturbance such as fishing. To better understand the vulnerability of stony corals (Goniocorella dumosa, Madrepora oculata, Solenosmilia variabilis) to disturbance wit...

conclusions our results suggest that h. parva and h. oculata may be promising therapeutic candidates for the treatment of hcc, following further confirmatory in vivo experiments and clinical trials. results our results showed that h. parva methanolic extracts (250, 500, and 1000 µg/ml) and h. oculata methanolic extracts (200, 400, and 800 µg/ml) increased reactive oxygen species (ros) formation...

background: this study aimed at determining the appropriate method for dewatering and drying biomass and selecting a suitable organic solvent for lipid extraction. methods: nannochloropsis oculata was cultured in gillard f/2 medium and after reaching the end of the stationary growth phase, algal biomass was separated from aqueous by centrifuge and dried through three methods: oven, air-dried an...

background: microalgal lipid is a promising feedstock for biodiesel production. the aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of cultivation temperature on the growth and lipid accumulation properties of nannochloropsis oculata microalgae. methods: nannochloropsis oculatacan grow in a wide range of temperatures (5 ~ 35°c). late in the stationary growth phase of microalgae, biomass...