Antifouling Compounds from Marine Invertebrates

Shu-Hua Qi; Xuan Ma

doi:10.3390/md15090263

Antifouling Compounds from Marine Invertebrates

Mar Drugs. 2017 Aug 28;15(9):263. doi: 10.3390/md15090263.

Authors

Shu-Hua Qi¹, Xuan Ma²

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, China. shuhuaqi@scsio.ac.cn.
² Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, China. mx20102112310039@126.com.

Abstract

In this review, a comprehensive overview about the antifouling compounds from marine invertebrates is described. In total, more than 198 antifouling compounds have been obtained from marine invertebrates, specifically, sponges, gorgonian and soft corals.

Keywords: antifouling compound; coral; marine invertebrate; sponge.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Anthozoa
Biofouling / prevention & control*
Invertebrates / chemistry*
Marine Biology*
Porifera