Bioactive Macrolides and Polyketides from Marine Dinoflagellates of the Genus Amphidinium

• Published in: Journal of natural products (Washington, D.C.) Vol. 70; no. 3; pp. 451 - 460
• Main Authors: Kobayashi, Jun'ichi, Kubota, Takaaki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Chemical Society 01.03.2007; Glendale, AZ American Society of Pharmacognosy
• Subjects: Amphidinium; Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Cyanobacteria; Dinoflagellida - chemistry; Dinoflagellida - genetics; General pharmacology; Macrolides - isolation & purification; Marine Biology; Medical sciences; Pharmacognosy. Homeopathy. Health food; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Asia; Japan; Metabolite; Cytotoxicity; Biosynthesis; Review; Urochordata; Marine environment; Chemical synthesis; Secondary metabolism; Thallophyta; Ring size; Pharmacognosy; Algae; Long chain; Prochordata; Natural compound; Macrolide; Biological activity; Polyketide; Toxin; Dinophyta; Porifera; Plant origin; Isolation; Active ingredient; Sponge; Property structure relationship; Invertebrata; Structural analysis

Marine microorganisms such as bacteria, cyanobacteria, dinoflagellates, and others have attracted many natural product chemists as the real producers of marine toxins such as fish and algal poisons as well as bioactive substances isolated from marine invertebrates such as sponges and tunicates. Amon...