Secondary Metabolites Isolated from Chilean Marine Algae: A Review

Marine Drugs

Aurelio San-Martín¹  Andrés F. Olea²  Héctor Carrasco²  Luis Espinoza³  Lautaro Taborga³  Dioni Arrieche³ 

[1] Departamento de Ciencias y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad de Magallanes, Avenida Bulnes 01855, Punta Arenas 6200112, CP, Chile;Grupo QBAB, Instituto de Ciencias Químicas Aplicadas, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Llano Subercaseaux 2801, Santiago 8900000, CP, Chile;Laboratorio de Productos Naturales, Departamento de Química, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Avenida España 1680, Valparaíso 2340000, CP, Chile;

关键词: marine natural products;    secondary metabolites;    Chilean algae;    biological activities;    biosynthesis;    structure elucidation;   

DOI  :  10.3390/md20050337

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Chile is in the extreme southwestern part of America, and it has an extreme length, of approximately 4300 km that increases to 8000 km considering the Chilean Antarctic Territory. Despite the large extent of its coastal territory and the diversity of geographic environments and climates associated with Chilean coasts, the research on marine resources in Chile has been rather scarce. From marine organisms found in Chilean coastal waters, algae have been the most studied, since they contain a wide range of interesting secondary metabolites that have some structural traits that make them unique and uncharacteristic. Thus, a wide structural variety of natural products including terpenoids (monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, diterpenes, and meroterpenoids), furanones, and C₁₅-acetogenins have been isolated and identified. This review describes the existing literature on bioprospecting and exploration of secondary metabolites from Chilean coasts.

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