title: Bioactive peptides from marine sources as potential anti-inflammatory therapeutics.
abstract: Marine organisms are important sources for bioactive molecules that have been developed into treatments for various diseases. The unusual marine environment associated with chemical diversity constitutes an actually unlimited resource of new active substances in the field of the development of bioactive products. In this review, the molecular diversity of marine peptides is described as well as information about their anti-inflammatory properties and mechanisms of action. Moreover, novel bioactive peptides from sponges, bacterium and microalgae are also described with their pharmacological effects in relation with anti-inflammation.
authors.affiliation: Marine Bioprocess Research Center, Pukyong National University, Busan 608-737, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jung-Ae
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Se-Kwon
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D059001:Aquatic Organisms / Q000737:chemistry*; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D058086:Microalgae / Q000737:chemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D023701:Smegmamorpha
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D010455:Peptides