title: Marine sponge derived natural products between 2001 and 2010: trends and opportunities for discovery of bioactives.
abstract: Marine sponges belonging to the phylum Porifera (Metazoa), evolutionarily the oldest animals are the single best source of marine natural products. The present review presents a comprehensive overview of the source, taxonomy, country of origin or geographical position, chemical class, and biological activity of sponge-derived new natural products discovered between 2001 and 2010. The data has been analyzed with a view to gaining an outlook on the future trends and opportunities in the search for new compounds and their sources from marine sponges.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Marine Bioproducts Development, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5042, Australia. mohammad.mehbub@flinders.edu.au.
authors.forename: Mohammad Ferdous
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Mehbub
authors.affiliation: Centre for Marine Bioproducts Development, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5042, Australia. etuferdous@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.affiliation: Centre for Marine Bioproducts Development, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5042, Australia. chris.franco@flinders.edu.au.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.affiliation: Centre for Marine Bioproducts Development, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5042, Australia. wei.zhang@flinders.edu.au.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001685:Biological Factors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001688:Biological Products / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008386:Marine Biology / Q000379:methods; D011161:Porifera / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001685:Biological Factors; D001688:Biological Products