1st Edition
Biomaterials from Aquatic and Terrestrial Organisms
Organisms, both aquatic and terrestrial, are sources of a wide variety of substances, many of which have already been shown to be bioactive. They play a wide variety of physiological and environmental roles. These chemicals include a broad array of proteins, lipids, and polysaccharides. Many of these natural products find applications in industry, agriculture, and medicine. The emphasis of study now is on testing and the development of new applications to solve medical and environmental problems, among others. This volume explores ongoing efforts to develop these natural products into commercially viable materials that will contribute to solving, especially, health and environmental problems worldwide. Among the chapters in this volume are ones that deal with the use of compounds from plants to treat Alzheimer?s disease, the antimicrobial activity of terpenes from African plants, antioxidant compounds from plants, antiangiogenic compounds from marine invertebrates, bioactive natural products from marine fungi
Use of Plants for Management of Alzheimer’s Disease
Antiviral Activity of Sulfated Polysaccharides of Marine Red Algae
Anti-Inflammatory and Antiallergic Properties of Triterpenoids from Plants
Antioxidant Compounds Extracted from Several Plant Materials
Antimicrobial Activity of Terpenes Isolated from African Plants
Antimalarial and Antifungal Alkaloids from Plants
Anticancer Compounds from Higher Plants
Biologically Active Natural Products from Marine Fungi
Antioxidant Metabolites from Marine Derived Fungi
Antiangiogenic Compounds from Marine Invertebrates
Biologically Active Terpenoids from Sponges
Bioactive Polyacetylenic Compounds from Marine Sponges
Bioactive Natual Products from Nudibranchs
Barnacle Underwater Adhesive: Complexity from Multi-Functionality in a Multi-Protein Complex
Secondary Metabolites of Biological Significance from Echinoderms
Biography
Milton Fingerman