Bioactive Molecules from Extreme Environments II

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Chemistry; Research & information: general; (DFT)-UV-Vis spectral calculation; 13C-NMR chemical shift linear and multiple regression; 3-amino-2-pyrrolidinone; absorption maxima in the near infrared region; Antarctic bacteria; Antarctica; Antarctica sponge-derived fungus; anti-food allergy; antibacterial; antibiotics; antifungal activity; antimicrobial peptides; Arctic; Arctic/Antarctic; Aspergillus insulicola; Bacillus amyloliquefaciens; bioactive compound; biomaterials; biotechnological application; chemical ecology; crustin; cyclic tripeptides; deep sea natural products; deep-sea hydrothermal vent; deep-sea microorganism; Dermacoccus abyssi MT 1.1T; dermacozine; DP4 calculation; drug discovery; freeze-drying; fungal metabolites; fungus; Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense; Gastropoda; green synthesis; iturin A5; lipid A; lipopeptide; Lipopolysaccharide (LPS); lutein; MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry; Marfey's method; Mariana Trench; marine bioprospecting; marine biotechnology; marine natural product; marine natural products; metal; microalgae; Mollusca; Muriellopsis; mycalols; n/a; nanotechnology; Paenibacillus; Panama disease; Penicillium griseofulvum; phenoxazine; psychrophiles; quinone reductase; shrimp; sponges; spray drying; structural characterization; supercritical fluid extraction; Svalbard; terpene; terpenoid
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 This Special Issue, as a continuation of the previous Special Issue, "Bioactive Molecules from Extreme Environments" (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/marinedrugs/special_issues/Extreme_Environments accessed on 4 November 2021), includes 10 research articles and 2 reviews, providing a wide overview of the chemical biodiversity offered by different marine organisms inhabiting extreme environments to be used for biotechnological and pharmaceutical applications. The six articles in this Special Issue are focused on the polar regions, which represent an untapped source of marine natural products and are still largely unexplored compared to more accessible sites. Many of these articles refer to Antarctica, which is the coldest and most inaccessible continent on the Earth, where extreme temperatures, light and ice have selected biological communities with a unique suite of bioactive metabolites. The marine organisms of Arctic and Antarctic environments are a reservoir of natural compounds, exhibiting huge structural diversity and significant bioactivities that could be used in human applications.