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应用天然产物 ›› 2013, Vol. 3 ›› Issue (4): 129-136.DOI: 10.1007/s13659-013-0043-6

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Bioactive natural products from marine angiosperms: abundance and functions

Ponnambalam SUBHASHINIa, Elangovan DILIPANa, Thirunavukkarasu THANGARADJOUa, Jutta PAPENBROCKb   

  1. a Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, Parangipettai 608502, Cuddalore Dt., Tamil nadu, India;
    b Institute of Botany, Leibniz University Hannover, Herrenhäuserstr. 2, D-30419 Hannover, Germany
  • 收稿日期:2013-06-21 修回日期:2013-07-22 出版日期:2013-08-24 发布日期:2018-02-11
  • 通讯作者: Thirunavukkarasu THANGARADJOU,E-mail:umaradjou@gmail.com

Bioactive natural products from marine angiosperms: abundance and functions

Ponnambalam SUBHASHINIa, Elangovan DILIPANa, Thirunavukkarasu THANGARADJOUa, Jutta PAPENBROCKb   

  1. a Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, Parangipettai 608502, Cuddalore Dt., Tamil nadu, India;
    b Institute of Botany, Leibniz University Hannover, Herrenhäuserstr. 2, D-30419 Hannover, Germany
  • Received:2013-06-21 Revised:2013-07-22 Online:2013-08-24 Published:2018-02-11

摘要: This review explores the natural products of seagrass that are to be exploited for their bioactive potential. Beside from portraying the presence of a wide array of secondary compounds such as phenols, flavonoids, sterols and lipids from different seagrass species, the focus is on novel natural products projecting towards their biological applications. Though there are a significant number of reports on the abundance of secondary metabolites from seagrass and their bioactive derivatives, only a small number of reports explore their functional and defensive characteristics. Efforts have been made to collate the available information on seagrass natural products and clarify their function and metabolic pathway's. It is emphasized that metabolic profiling of seagrass should be extensively progressed to obtain a deeper knowledge about the specific roles of each natural product. The investigation of seagrass natural products for their bioactive potential would most likely result in the detection of surprising and unexpected novel chemical structures and clinical leads that may be useful to mankind.

关键词: natural products, phenolic compounds, phenylpropanoid derivatives, seagrasses, secondary metabolites

Abstract: This review explores the natural products of seagrass that are to be exploited for their bioactive potential. Beside from portraying the presence of a wide array of secondary compounds such as phenols, flavonoids, sterols and lipids from different seagrass species, the focus is on novel natural products projecting towards their biological applications. Though there are a significant number of reports on the abundance of secondary metabolites from seagrass and their bioactive derivatives, only a small number of reports explore their functional and defensive characteristics. Efforts have been made to collate the available information on seagrass natural products and clarify their function and metabolic pathway's. It is emphasized that metabolic profiling of seagrass should be extensively progressed to obtain a deeper knowledge about the specific roles of each natural product. The investigation of seagrass natural products for their bioactive potential would most likely result in the detection of surprising and unexpected novel chemical structures and clinical leads that may be useful to mankind.

Key words: natural products, phenolic compounds, phenylpropanoid derivatives, seagrasses, secondary metabolites