title: Natural marine anti-inflammatory products.
abstract: The marine environment has been shown to be the source of a great diversity of chemical structures with promising biological activities. The isolation, biological evaluation, chemical properties and synthetic elaborations of the products of marine organisms and microorganisms have attracted the attention of organic chemists, medicinal chemists, biologists and pharmacists. Marine organisms and microorganisms have provided a large proportion of the natural anti-inflammatory products over the last years. Marine organisms include green algae, brown algae, red algae, sponges, coelenterates, bryozoans, molluscs, tunicates, echinoderms, miscellaneous marine organisms and marine microorganisms and phytoplankton. This review describes current progress in the development of a selection of new anti-inflammatory agents from marine sources. The chemistry and biological evaluation are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University Complutense, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain. mjabad@farm.ucm.es
authors.forename: María José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Abad
authors.forename: Luis Miguel
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Bedoya
authors.forename: Paulina
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bermejo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D001688:Biological Products / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000737:chemistry; D008386:Marine Biology; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D001688:Biological Products; D006838:Hydrocarbons; D011134:Polysaccharides