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Bioactive compounds and nutraceuticals from marine organisms In: Winter School on Vistas in Marine Biotechnology 5th to 26th October 2010

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Title Bioactive compounds and nutraceuticals from marine organisms In: Winter School on Vistas in Marine Biotechnology 5th to 26th October 2010
 
Creator Chakraborty, Kajal
Vijayan, K K
Vijayagopal, P
 
Subject Bioactive compounds
Biochemistry
 
Description Ocean harbors a large biodiversity of marine fauna and flora with about 5,000 species of sponges,
9,000 species of annelids, and 66,535 species of molluscs. Among the mollusks, 15,000 species of
bivalves and 600 species of cephalopods have been reported to occur. Marine biotechnology is the
science in which marine organisms are used in full or partially to make or modify products, to improve
plants or animals or to develop microorganisms for specific uses. With the help of different molecular
and biotechnological techniques, humans have been able to elucidate many biological methods
applicable to both aquatic and terrestrial organisms. Only 10% of over 25,000 plants have been
investigated for biological activity. The marine environment may contain over 80% of world’s plant
and animal species. In recent years, many bioactive compounds have been extracted from various
marine animals like tunicates, sponges, soft corals, sea hares, nudibranchs, bryozoans, sea slugs
and marine organisms.
 
Publisher ICAR- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2010
 
Type Teaching Resource
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16708/1/Vistas%20in%20Marine%20Biotechnology_2010_Chp%2031.pdf
Chakraborty, Kajal and Vijayan, K K and Vijayagopal, P (2010) Bioactive compounds and nutraceuticals from marine organisms In: Winter School on Vistas in Marine Biotechnology 5th to 26th October 2010. [Teaching Resource]