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Marine Specialized (Secondary) Metabolites and their Diverse Applications

  • 1st Edition - July 3, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Thilina Uduwaka Jayawardena, Asanka Sanjeewa
  • Language: English

Over the past 50 years, more than 20,000 natural compounds have been identified in the marine environment, with an increasing focus on marine metabolites as potential sources for… Read more

Description

Over the past 50 years, more than 20,000 natural compounds have been identified in the marine environment, with an increasing focus on marine metabolites as potential sources for developing effective therapeutic agents. The field of marine drug discovery has seen remarkable growth in recent years, with numerous marine-derived therapeutic candidates in various stages of clinical trials or awaiting approval. The ocean is a potential source of natural products with diverse pharmacological properties, including antimicrobial, anticancer, antiviral, antioxidative, and anti-inflammatory activities. However, commercializing marine natural products has been challenging due to low yields and specificity of specialized (secondary) metabolites. Marine Specialized (Secondary) Metabolites and their Diverse Applications provides a broad overview of marine specialized metabolites and their potential in various industries. With comprehensive coverage, relevance to current trends, interdisciplinary approach, and practical applications, this book includes specific compounds or organisms, with a particular focus on addressing the challenges and limitations associated with them.

Key features

  • Includes chapters that follow a clear structure, presenting a consistent and organized format that makes it easier for readers to navigate the content
  • Takes an interdisciplinary approach, providing readers with a broad perspective on natural compounds and secondary metabolites
  • Covers critical and comprehensive literature reviews of the advancements and diverse applications of marine specialized metabolites

Readership

Postgraduate students and researchers working with Natural Products Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and/or natural compounds

Table of contents

Part I - Chemistry and biochemistry of marine specialized metabolites

1. Phenolic compounds and their halogenated derivatives

2. Terpenoids

3. Alkaloids

4. Sterols

5. Saccharide derivatives

6. Peptides

Part II - Application of marine specialized metabolites

7. Marine secondary metabolites; in the long haul fight against cancer

8. Marine secondary metabolites in oxidative stress are promising

9. Promoting marine specialized metabolites against inflammation

10. Marine neutraceuticals; a solution for digestive tract health

11. Future prospects of marine resources in fighting diabetics

12. Advances and prospects in the field of cosmeceuticals with marine resources

13. Marine environment as a wonderful source over viral infections

14. Reverse aging is possible with marine resources

15. How to implement marine secondary metabolites in obesity struggle

16. Antimicrobial properties of marine specialized metabolites

Part III - Marine organisms as a natural product resource and beyond

17. Marine secondary metabolites as a natural product resource

18. Contributions of marine secondary metabolites to medicinal chemistry

19. Blue-bioeconomy; marine specialized metabolites at the forefront

20. Marine secondary metabolites; an underexplored subject in metabolomics

21. Advances in marine secondary metabolite based metabolmics

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: July 3, 2025
  • Language: English

About the editors

TJ

Thilina Uduwaka Jayawardena

Dr. Thilina U. Jayawardena is a research scientist with an interdisciplinary background in natural products chemistry, chemical biology, and cardiovascular molecular biology. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Medicine at the University of Alberta, where his research focuses on cardiomyopathy, ER stress, and gene-therapy-based approaches targeting the renin–angiotensin system. He previously held postdoctoral positions at the University of Calgary and the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Dr. Jayawardena’s work integrates wet-lab and multi-omics approaches to study disease mechanisms and therapeutic targets. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications.

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Medicine, University of Alberta

AS

Asanka Sanjeewa

Dr. Asanka Sanjeewa is Senior Lecturer at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. He obtained his MSc and PhD in Marine Bioresource Technology at Jeju National University in South Korea, and he conducted his post-doctoral research in the Marine Bioresource Technology Laboratory of the Department of Marine Life Sciences at the School of Marine Biomedical Science at Jeju National University in South Korea. Dr. Sanjeewa's primary research interests focus on utilizing marine bioresources to develop functional products, such as nutraceuticals, cosmeceuticals, and functional foods. He co-led several book publications, including Elsevier’s forthcoming Marine Specialized (secondary) Metabolites and Their Diverse Applications.

Affiliations and expertise
Senior Lecturer, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

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