Antimicrobial secondary metabolites from marine gastropod egg capsules and egg masses

Marine organisms have attracted special attention in the last three decades for their ability to produce interesting pharmacological active compounds.Even though all marine organisms have the potential to produce antimicrobial secondary metabolites,the gastropod has the vital sources of secondary me...

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Published in:Asian Pacific journal of tropical biomedicine 2012-11, Vol.2 (11), p.916-922
Main Authors: Kaviarasan, T, Siva, Sankar R, Yogamoorthi, A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Anti-Infective Agents - chemistry
Antimicrobial
capsule
Egg
Gastropod
Gastropoda
Gastropoda - chemistry
Gastropoda - metabolism
Glycopeptides - chemistry
Indoles - chemistry
Marine
metabolites
natural
Ovum - chemistry
Ovum - metabolism
Oxazoles - chemistry
products
Review
Secondary
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Summary:Marine organisms have attracted special attention in the last three decades for their ability to produce interesting pharmacological active compounds.Even though all marine organisms have the potential to produce antimicrobial secondary metabolites,the gastropod has the vital sources of secondary metabolites particularly their egg capsule which has the promising antimicrobial secondary metabolites.In the present review,we intend to focus on marine secondary metabolites from marine gastropod egg capsule.The following compounds i.e.Kabiramid C,Aplysianin E, Aplysianin A,Thisaplysianin E and Tyrian purple have been documented in egg capsule of various gastropod and most of the antimicrobial secondary metabolites have not been isolated from the egg capsule because of the odious,and complex chemical structure.Stability of the compounds is unknown.
ISSN:2221-1691
2588-9222
DOI:10.1016/S2221-1691(12)60253-6