Fish mucus layers are the main surface of exchange between fish and the environment, and
they possess important biological and ecological functions. Fish mucus research is …

Aquatic invertebrates are a major source of biomaterials and bioactive natural products that
can find applications as pharmaceutics, nutraceutics, cosmetics, antibiotics, antifouling …

Saponins are amphiphilic molecules of pharmaceutical interest and most of their biological
activities (ie, cytotoxic, hemolytic, fungicide, etc.) are associated to their membranolytic …

Sea cucumbers are an important ingredient of traditional folk medicine in many Asian
countries, which are well-known for their medicinal, nutraceutical, and food values due to …

Asterosaponins are a class of steroid oligoglycosides isolated from starfish with
characteristic structures and diverse biological activities. In this review, we have attempted to …

Marine chemical ecology in benthic environments - Natural Product Reports (RSC Publishing)
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This review is the ninth update of the original article published in 1999 on the application of
matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry to the analysis of …

Intraspecific chemical communication between echinoderms has often been limited to
prespawning aggregation. However, sea cucumber farmers have long observed year-round …

Abstract Within the Phylum Echinodermata, the class Asteroidea, commonly known as
starfish and sea stars, encompasses a large number of benthos inhabiting genera and …

Holothuria (Platyperona) sanctori is a common sea cucumber of the Mediterranean Sea.
Although its ecology and molecular phylogeny have been investigated in previous works …