Marine Natural Products Chemistry: Past, Present, and Future
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The Past
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Marine metabolites represent an extraordinary pre-assembled pool of biologically active molecular diversity, programmed by evolution to be potent and selective modulators of key biopolymers, cells, tissues, organs, and animals. Over the past half-century the study of these metabolites (Marine Natural Products Chemistry) has evolved into a multidisciplinary endeavour, rich in complementary technologies and methodologies, and embracing diverse objectives and outcomes.