Blue Biotechnology: From Gene to Bioactive Product

Abstract

The aim of this book is to describe new approaches combining the present knowledge in marine genomics and advanced natural products chemistry for the sustainable production of novel secondary metabolites (lead compounds), as well as pharmacologically active peptides/proteins, with antimicrobial, neuroprotective, anti-osteoporotic, anti-protozoan/anti-plasmodial, anti-ageing and immune-modulating activities, using molecular-biology-based approaches and advanced chemical techniques, to obtain and to select candidate compounds for pre-clinical and clinical studies. The authors of this book include European or worldwide leaders in marine genomics and marine natural product chemistry/structure elucidation, as well as leading researchers from high-tech enterprises with special interest in biotechnology and bringing marine biotechnology products to the market.