The isolation and characterization of natural products from marine plants and microorganisms
- UNCW Author/Contributor (non-UNCW co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Amanda J. Krzysiak (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW )
- Web Site: http://library.uncw.edu/
- Advisor
- Jeffery Wright
Abstract: Many organisms, including plants, microbes and invertebrates produce compounds called
as natural products. The production of natural products often confers some advantage to the
producing organism such as chemical defense from predators. Other natural products can have a
different role in the producing organism such as preventing or limiting ultraviolet light damage
from the sun. Such sun screens are found in microalgae and vascular plants. These natural
products have been shown to display cytotoxicity, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-viral, and antiparasitic
activity. Due to the biological activity shown by many natural products, these molecules
have been used in our pharmacopia. Compounds like penicillin, isolated from a fungus, and nonpharmaceutical
compounds such as ginseng from green tea are natural products used by humans
to benefit human health. As the investigation of natural products has resulted in a remarkable
number of compounds of benefit to humankind, the continued study of secondary metabolism
and natural products has and continues to be of great importance. This thesis describes an
investigation of the secondary metabolites of selected marine fungi to identify anti-microbial
natural products as well as the UV protecting compounds of the endangered sea grass Halophila
johnsonii. Although no novel compounds could be characterized from the marine fungi, a
collection of flavonoid derivatives was identified in Halophila johnsonii.
The isolation and characterization of natural products from marine plants and microorganisms
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Thesis
- A Thesis Submitted to the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Masters of Science
- Language: English
- Date: 2009
- Keywords
- Biological products, Extraction (Chemistry) , Marine resources , Natural products , Plant extracts, Plant products
- Subjects
- Natural products
- Extraction (Chemistry)
- Marine resources
- Biological products
- Plant extracts
- Plant products