Marine Drugs in Cell Signaling Pathways
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 10862
Special Issue Editors
Interests: natural product chemistry; medicinal chemistry; biochemistry; functional food; marine algae utilization; sulfated polysaccharides; sarcopenia–obesity–inflammation; wastewater chemistry; food chemistry; environmental chemistry; particulate matter
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Interests: marine natural products; medicinal chemistry; bioprospecting
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Marine organisms are a source of secondary metabolites capable of producing a myriad of biofunctional effects. The previous literature has covered the antioxidant, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, and antitumor potential of compounds from vivid algal species and other marine organisms. Marine organisms manage to prevail without any serious damage even under harsh and dynamic environmental conditions, with facts hinting at the possession of protective compounds, many of which have indicated potential bioactivities. Over the last decade, the large-scale screening and identification of novel bioactive compounds of seaweed have been conducted, owing to an increased demand. The use of natural products in drug discovery has long been beneficial. The potential of marine natural products is attributed to their unique chemical structures sustained over their evolution, which makes them distinctive from the natural products of terrestrial organisms.
Despite the contribution of synthetic methods to combinatorial chemistry-driven drug approaches, natural sources still constitute an enormous contribution to drug discovery. Marine natural products are still underexplored and could be useful in the treatment of diseases and, hence, be utilized prospectively in the functional food, pharmacology, and cosmetic sectors. However, several hurdles have to be overcome to promote their use in the aforementioned sectors. An increased understanding of the action mechanism of these compounds in biological systems, including the mediatory action of specific cell signaling pathways, is pivotal for developing pharmaceuticals.
Changes in signal transduction in cellular systems of specific tissues are used as a guide to identify the pathology of diseases. Thus, the modulation of specific signal transduction in given cellular systems could assist in the management of diseases. Purified bioactive secondary metabolites from marine natural resources have the potential to provide therapeutic effects in this regard by activating or inhibiting signaling pathways or by regulating gene expression.
Altogether, this Special Issue targets insights into the mediation of multiple disorders through the sustainable use of secondary metabolites from abundant marine natural sources.
Dr. Thilina U. Jayawardena
Dr. Ilekuttige Priyan Shanura Fernando
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- marine resources
- drugs
- natural products
- marine bioresource technology
- medicinal chemistry
- cell signaling pathways
- inflammation
- apoptosis
- obesity
- antioxidant
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