Open AccessBiotechnical potential of sponges in new pharmaceutics production: perspectives and limits
Author(s) -
Rosario Ramírez,
Claudia Judith Hernández Guerrero,
Bárbara González Acosta
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
cicimar oceánides
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2448-9123
pISSN - 1870-0713
DOI - 10.37543/oceanides.v26i2.101
Subject(s) - sponge , pharmaceutics , biochemical engineering , biology , natural (archaeology) , microbiology and biotechnology , engineering , pharmacology , paleontology , botany
The search for natural products with pharmacological activity of marine sponges has great potential due to the interesting activities that some compounds have in clinical trials, mainly in the search of anticancer and antiviral compounds. However, there are various problems that may limit the development of a new compound. In this review we intended to give an overview of the perspectives and limitations that occur in the search of new compounds from sponges of the natural environment, in the establishment of culture of sponges, primorph and steam cells as an alternative, or isolated bacteria from sponges which are the metabolites producers to development genetic modifications for a biotechnological production.