title: Marine pharmacology.
abstract: Marine organisms have provided a large proportion of the bioactive natural products reported over the last 20 years, but none of these compounds have reached the pharmaceutical marketplace. This review describes current progress in the development of a selection of new antiinflammatory and anticancer agents, discusses some difficulties encountered during the development process and suggests how these difficulties may be overcome in the near future through applications of recent advances in biotechnology.
authors.affiliation: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0212, USA.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Faulkner
mesh_terms: D001685:Biological Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D001685:Biological Factors