Abstract
This chapter deals with the promising bioactive compounds of marine
shellfish viz. crustaceans, molluscs, and echinoderms. Among the marine crustaceans,
the extracts of shrimps and crabs containing astaxanthin showed major bioactivities.
On the other hand, among molluscs, gastropods possessed the maximum number of
secondary metabolites and associated bioactivities compared to the bivalves and
cephalopods. Further, among echinoderms, the asteroids and holothurians showed
maximum number of secondary metabolites compared to their counterparts viz.
echinoids and crinoids.
Keywords: Bioactivities, Cephalopod ink, Echinoderms, Marine crustaceans, Marine molluscs, Secondary metabolites.
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Cite this chapter as:
Santhanam Ramesh, Ramasamy Santhanam, Veintramuthu Sankar ;Promising Pharmaceutical Compounds of Marine Shellfish: Their Chemistry and Therapeutic Applications, Marine Biopharmaceuticals: Scope and Prospects (2024) 1: 211. https://doi.org/10.2174/9789815196474124010010
DOI https://doi.org/10.2174/9789815196474124010010 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |