Marines

• The greater part of the earth surface is covered by seas and ocean, which contains about 500000 species of marine organisms
• Many of these compounds have shown pronounced biological activity
• In the western medicine agar, alginic acid, carrageenan, protamine sulphate, spermaceti and cod and halibut liver oils are established marine medicinal products
• Macroalgae or seaweeds have been used as crude drugs in the treatment of iodine deficiency states such as goitre.
• Some seaweed have also been utilized as sources of additional vitamins and in the treatment of anemia during pregnancy
• During the last 30 -40 years, numerous novel compounds have been isolated from marine organisms having biological activities such as antibacterial, antiviral, antitumour, antiparasitic, anticoagulants, antimicrobial, antiinflammatory and cardiovascular active products
• Ara-A


  Semisynthetic antiviral agent
• Byrostatin

  Anticancer agents
• Octopamine

  Cardiovascular agent
• Bio-indol derivatives


  Antiinflammatory