The marine environment is a rich source of chemically diverse, biologically active natural
products, and serves as an invaluable resource in the ongoing search for novel …

The rise and spread of antimicrobial resistance represents one of the most pressing health
issues of today. Antimicrobial resistance in micro-organisms can arise due to a multiplicity of …

The world is already facing the devastating effects of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. A
disseminated mucormycosis epidemic emerged to worsen this situation, causing havoc …

Marine sponges have a long history of farming, starting with bath sponges over 5000 years
ago in the Mediterranean. Many species have since been found appropriate for distinct …

Microorganisms are the dominating source of food and nutrition for sponges and play an
important role in sponge structure, chemical defense, excretion and evolution. In recent …

Natural products (NPs) have been used as traditional medicines since antiquity. With more
than 1060 estimated compounds with molecular weights less than 500 Da representing …

The secondary metabolites that marine sponges create are essential to the advancement of
contemporary medicine and are often employed in clinical settings. Over the past five years …

Marine organisms have been considered an interesting target for the discovery of different
classes of secondary natural products with wide-ranging biological activities. Sponges …

Marine actinomycetes are prolific sources of marine drug discovery system contributing for
several bioactive compounds of biomedical prominence. Metagenomics, a culture …

Marine sponge-derived manoalide has a potent anti-inflammatory effect, but its potential
application as an anti-cancer drug has not yet been extensively investigated. The purpose of …