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2020-12-01

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Bioactive Compounds from Marine Heterobranchs

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The natural products of heterobranch molluscs display a huge variability both in structure and in their bioactivity. Despite the considerable lack of information, it can be observed from the recent literature that this group of animals possesses an astonishing arsenal of molecules from different origins that provide the molluscs with potent chemicals that are ecologically and pharmacologically relevant. In this review, we analyze the bioactivity of more than 450 compounds from ca. 400 species of heterobranch molluscs that are useful for the snails to protect themselves in different ways and/or that may be useful to us because of their pharmacological activities. Their ecological activities include predator avoidance, toxicity, antimicrobials, antifouling, trail-following and alarm pheromones, sunscreens and UV protection, tissue regeneration, and others. The most studied ecological activity is predation avoidance, followed by toxicity. Their pharmacological activities consist of cytotoxicity and antitumoral activity; antibiotic, antiparasitic, antiviral, and anti-inflammatory activity; and activity against neurodegenerative diseases and others. The most studied pharmacological activities are cytotoxicity and anticancer activities, followed by antibiotic activity. Overall, it can be observed that heterobranch molluscs are extremely interesting in regard to the study of marine natural products in terms of both chemical ecology and biotechnology studies, providing many leads for further detailed research in these fields in the near future.

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Productes naturals marins, Gastròpodes, Ecologia química

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Marine natural products, Gastropods, Chemical ecology

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ÁVILA ESCARTÍN, Conxita and ANGULO-PRECKLER, Carlos. Bioactive Compounds from Marine Heterobranchs. Marine Drugs. 2020. Vol. 18, num. 12, pags. 1-123. ISSN 1660-3397. [consulted: 12 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/184126

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