Efficient discovery and medicinal research of marine natural products / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Marine natural products (MNPs) are the source of modern marine drugs, but they have the characteristics of strong guiding function and weak druggability. How to quickly and efficiently discover new bioactive MNPs and optimize their druggability is an important idea for the research and development of innovative marine drugs. This article has made some discussions and suggestions on this emphasis from the origin and characteristics of MNPs, marine microorganisms with specific productivity for MNPs and the strategies of microbial MNPs with high yields and diverse structures, as well as the structural modification for medicinal use of MNPs.