The intensification of aquaculture has escalated disease outbreaks and overuse of
antibiotics, driving the global antimicrobial resistance (AMR) crisis. Antimicrobial peptides …

Sea anemones are valuable for therapeutic research as a diversified source of bioactive
molecules, due to their diverse bioactive molecules linked to predation and defence …

A novel bioactive peptide named τ-AnmTx Ueq 12-1 (short name Ueq 12-1) was isolated
and characterized from the sea anemone Urticina eques. Ueq 12-1 is unique among the …

Marine bioprospecting is a dynamic research field that explores the oceans and their
biodiversity as noteworthy sources of new bioactive compounds. Anthozoans are marine …

As essential conservative component of the innate immune systems of living organisms,
antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) could complement pharmaceuticals that increasingly fail to …

Specimens of the Mediterranean sea anemone Anemonia viridis were exposed to
methylmercury (MeHg) and bacterial infection to study their immune responses to a well …

Saleena Mathew has got over 35 years of research experience of which 30 years of
teaching at postgraduate level. She was Director, School of Industrial Fisheries, Cochin …

Sea anemones (Actiniaria, Cnidaria) are promising targets for biomedical research, as they
produce unique bioactive compounds, including toxins and antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) …

The renewed interest in the study of genes of immunity in Cnidaria has led to additional
information to the scenario of the first stages of immunity evolution revealing the cellular …

Overcoming the growing challenge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which affects millions
of people worldwide, has driven attention for the exploration of marine-derived antimicrobial …