Marine Drugs

· ISSN (print) 1660-3397 · 3 papers in corpus
review 2023
Astaxanthin: Past, Present, and Future
doi:10.3390/md21100514 ·PMID:37888449

Astaxanthin (AX), a lipid-soluble pigment belonging to the xanthophyll carotenoids family, has recently garnered significant attention due to its unique physical properties, biochemical attributes, and physiological effects. Originally reco…

lab-animal 2023
Chlorinated Enyne Fatty Acid Amides from a Marine Cyanobacterium: Discovery of Taveuniamides L-M and Pharmacological Characterization of Taveuniamide F as a GPCR Antagonist with CNR1 Selectivity
doi:10.3390/md22010028 ·PMID:38248654

NMR and MS/MS-based metabolomics of a cyanobacterial extract from Piti Bomb Holes, Guam, indicated the presence of unique enyne-containing halogenated fatty acid amides. We isolated three new compounds of this class, taveuniamides L-N (1-3)…

review 2010
Production of chitooligosaccharides and their potential applications in medicine
doi:10.3390/md8051482 ·PMID:20559485

Chitooligosaccharides (CHOS) are homo- or heterooligomers of N-acetylglucosamine and D-glucosamine. CHOS can be produced using chitin or chitosan as a starting material, using enzymatic conversions, chemical methods or combinations thereof.…