Marine organisms as a source of new pharmaceuticals: history and perspectives

Quimica nova

Epifanio, Rosângela de A.¹  Jimenez, Paula Christine²  Costa-Lotufo, Letícia Veras²  Wilke, Diego Veras² 

[1] Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brasil;Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brasil

关键词: marine biotechnology;    naturalproducts;    marine drugs.;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-40422009000300014

学科分类：化学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Quimica

【 摘 要 】

Though sharing only a short part on the naturalproducts timeline, the studies on marine products has already handed in fournew drugs to the clinical arsenal and brought up a long and promising list ofunique molecules to pre-clinical and clinical trials. Thus, as the availableanalytical resources improve and the interest of large pharmaceutical companiesarises, medical use of marine products has definitely become a reality.

【 授权许可】

CC BY