Molluscs: From Chemo-ecological Study to Biotechnological Application

✍ Scribed by Conxita Avila (auth.), Professor Dr. Guido Cimino, Professor Dr. Margherita Gavagnin (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 396
• Series: Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology 43
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Marine molluscs are very promising candidates for a wide range of biotechnological applications. For example, they possess analgesic drugs more potent than morphine and very effective anticancer agents. The present book gives an up-to-date overview of the main classes of bioactive compounds from molluscs, moving from ecological observations, to chemical characterization, to biosynthesis, to large-scale synthesis, and to pharmacological applications. A truly outstanding international panel of experts from all continents provides complete coverage of the most stimulating topics related to molluscs. This knowledge of their history and current studies provides an open door to the future.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XIX
Molluscan Natural Products as Biological Models: Chemical Ecology, Histology, and Laboratory Culture....Pages 1-23
Shellfish Poisons....Pages 25-51
Bivalve Molluscs as Vectors of Marine Biotoxins Involved in Seafood Poisoning....Pages 53-82
Hyperhydroxylation: A New Strategy for Neuronal Targeting by Venomous Marine Molluscs....Pages 83-103
The Chemistry of Marine Pulmonate Gastropods....Pages 105-131
Secondary Metabolites from the Marine Gastropod Molluscs of Antarctica, Southern Africa and South America....Pages 133-157
Marine Mollusks from Australia and New Zealand: Chemical and Ecological Studies....Pages 159-174
Chemical Diversity in Opisthobranch Molluscs from Scarcely Investigated Indo-Pacific Areas....Pages 175-198
Selected Bioactive Compounds from Japanese Anaspideans and Nudibranchs....Pages 199-214
Bioactive Molecules from Sea Hares....Pages 215-239
Trisoxazole Macrolides from Hexabranchus Nudibranchs and Other Marine Invertebrates....Pages 241-260
Sequestration and Possible Role of Dietary Alkaloids in the Sponge-Feeding Mollusk Tylodina perversa ....Pages 261-275
Skin Chemistry of Nudibranchs from the West Coast of North America....Pages 277-301
Biogenetic Proposals and Biosynthetic Studies on Secondary Metabolites of Opisthobranch Molluscs....Pages 303-332
Total Synthesis of Bioactive Peptides and Depsipeptides from Marine Opisthobranch Molluscs....Pages 333-361
Kahalalide F and ES285: Potent Anticancer Agents from Marine Molluscs....Pages 363-379
Back Matter....Pages 381-387

✦ Subjects

Animal Biochemistry; Biotechnology; Pharmacology/Toxicology