Bioactive Alkaloids from the Sea: A Review

Abstract: In our ongoing search for bioactive substances from marine organisms, novel alkaloids have been isolated. Pinnatoxins and pinnamine, potent shellfish poisons, were purified from the Okinawan bivalve Pinna muricata. Pinnatoxins activate Ca2+ channels. Halichlorine was isolated from the mari...

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Main Authors: Makoto Kuramoto, Hirokazu Arimoto, Daisuke Uemura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2004-02-01
Series:Marine Drugs
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/2/1/39/