Natural products from marine-derived fungi

  • Rainer Ebel* (Corresponding Author)
  • *Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

Abstract

Natural products continue to play a vital role in developing novel drugs . Even in the age of combinatorial chemistry, secondary metabolites are either used unchanged, or act as lead structures, and for certain indications such as anti-invectives or anticancer agents, more than 60% of all drugs admitted worldwide between 1981 and 2006 are based directly or indirectly on structures from nature (Newton and Abraham 1955; Butler 2008)...
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMarine Fungi and Fungal-like Organisms
EditorsE. B. Gareth Jones, Kevin D. Hyde, Ka-Lai Pang
Publisherde Gruyter
Chapter20
Pages411-440
Number of pages30
ISBN (Electronic)9783110264067
ISBN (Print)9783110263985
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Aug 2012

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
    SDG 14 Life Below Water

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