Biology and ecology of pharmaceutical marine tunicates / Ramasamy Santhanam, Santhanam Ramesh.

The ocean is a source of unique natural products, mainly accumulated in living organisms. The c.4000 species of tunicates or sea squirts (Phylum,Chordata; Subphylum,Urochordata) are a high-potential yet under-studied source of bioactive compounds for pharmaceuticals. The secondary metabolites such a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Santhanam, Ramasamy, 1946- (Author)
Ramesh, Santhanam, 1979- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2020]
Series:Biology and ecology of pharmaceutical marine life
Subjects:
Tunicata.
Tunicata > Therapeutic use.
Marine pharmacology.
Marine natural products.
Physical Description:xi, 176 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Preface
  • Authors
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Biology and Ecology of Marine Tunicates
  • Chapter 3: Pharmaceutical Compounds and Activities of Marine Tunicates. A. Order: Aplousobranchia. Family 1. Clavelinidae
  • Family 2. Diazonidae
  • Family 3. Didemnidae
  • Family 4. Holozoidae
  • Family 5. Polyclinidae
  • Family 6. Polycitoridae
  • Family 7. Polyclinidae
  • Family 8. Pseudodistomidae
  • Family 9. Ritterellidae
  • B. Order: Phlebobranchia. Family 1. Ascidiidae
  • Family 2. Cionidae
  • Family 3. Corellidae
  • Family 4. Perophoridae
  • C. Order Stolidobranchia. Family 1. Molgulidae
  • Family 2. Pyuridae
  • Family 3. Styelidae
  • Class: Thaliacea (salps). Order: Salpida. Family 1. Salpidae
  • Compounds.