marine pharma. Flashcards
It is a semisynthetic antiviral agent based on the arabinosyl nucleoside isolated from the marine sponge Tethya crypta. The compound shows a prominent therapeutic activity.
ARA-A
It is a compound that is found to be a potential antitumour agent during its clinical trials.
DIDEMNIN B
It shows the broad-spectrum of anthelmintic activity against the parasitic roundworms, tapeworms, and whipworms.
a-KAINIC ACID
It is marketed under the trade name Cytosar by Upjohn pharmaceutical company for the treatment of acute myelogenous leukaemia and human acute leukaemia.
- ARA -C
- A series of ________ derivatives isolated from marine cyanobacterium Rivularia firma has shown potential anti-inflammatory activity in the models of carrageenan-induced rat paw oedema.
BIO-INDOL
Many cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy, rely on the ____________ of drugs to target and destroy cancer cells.
CYTOTOXIN
What do many marine microorganisms produce that may work for their safety and protect them from predators.
MARINE TOXINS
Is a potent neurotoxin produced by the pufferfish of the family Tetraodontidae.
TETRODOTOXINS
is used as a crude drug in treatment of iodine deficiency states such as goitre.
MACROALGAE
Potent neurotoxin, its name derives from Tetraodontiformes.
TETRADOTOXINS
The first marine natural product containing guanine and sulfone units?
AGELASIDINE A
It is a potent neurotoxin and the best known paralytic shellfish toxin.
SAXITOXIN
AN indole alkaloid produced by the marine cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula and is known for causing ‘swimmer’s itch’.
LYNGBYATOXIN
____ are the B-carboline derivatives that are isolated from sponges and gorgonians.
EUDISTOMINS
_____ two sesquiterpene benzonoids derived from the sponge Dysidea avara, that exhibited strong Anti-HIV activity.
AVAROL AND AVARONES
