Statistical Research on Marine Natural Products Based on Data Obtained between 1985 and 2008

Marine Drugs

Gu-Ping Hu²  Jie Yuan¹  Li Sun¹  Zhi-Gang She²  Jue-Heng Wu¹  Xiu-Jian Lan¹  Xun Zhu¹  Yong-Cheng Lin² 

[1] Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhongshan Erlu, Guangzhou 510080, China; E-Mails:;School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Xingang Xilu, Guangzhou 510275, China; E-Mails:

关键词: marine natural products;    quantitative analysis;    novel compounds;   

DOI  :  10.3390/md9040514

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Since the 1960s, more than 20,000 compounds were discovered from marine organisms. In this paper we performed a quantitative analysis for the novel marine natural products reported between 1985 and 2008. The data was extracted mainly from the reviews of Faulkner and Blunt [1–26]. The organisms producing these marine natural products are divided into three major biological classes: marine microorganisms (including phytoplankton), marine algae and marine invertebrate. The marine natural products are divided into seven classes based on their chemical structure: terpenoids, steroids (including steroidal saponins), alkaloids, ethers (including ketals), phenols (including quinones), strigolactones, and peptides. The distribution and the temporal trend of these classes (biological classes and chemical structure classes) were investigated. We hope this article provides a comprehensive perspective on the research of marine natural products.

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