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Preliminary studies on the growth in captivity of Spirastrella inconstans (Dendy) collected from the intertidal region of Palk Bay, south-east coast of India

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Title Preliminary studies on the growth in captivity of Spirastrella inconstans (Dendy) collected from the intertidal region of Palk Bay, south-east coast of India
 
Creator Vinod, K
George, Rani Mary
Manisseri, Mary K
 
Subject Sponges
 
Description Marine sponges are rich sources of bioactive
metabolites that can be used as lead compounds to
treat various diseases. Although concerted efforts
resulted in the development of many new bioactive
compounds from marine sponges, only very few
compounds have reached the clinical trial stage. One
of the reasons for this, as cited by many workers is that
many of the sponge bioactive metabolites are highly
toxic, thus leading to a low therapeutic index. However,
the second major reason is the ‘supply problem’.
Collection of large quantities of sponge biomass from
the wild becomes a pre-requisite for obtaining sufficient
amounts of metabolites from natural populations.
Consequently, the natural populations may not be able
to sustain such heavy exploitation.
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 2009
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/6438/1/2._Vin.pdf
Vinod, K and George, Rani Mary and Manisseri, Mary K (2009) Preliminary studies on the growth in captivity of Spirastrella inconstans (Dendy) collected from the intertidal region of Palk Bay, south-east coast of India. Marine Fisheries Information Service T&E Series (202). pp. 4-6.