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ReviewMarine drugs2021

Sponges and Their Symbionts as a Source of Valuable Compounds in Cosmeceutical Field.

Roberta Esposito, Nadia Ruocco, Thomas Viel, Serena Federico, Valerio Zupo, Maria Costantini

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Review in Marine drugs, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Aaptamine Inhibits Lipid Accumulation andJournal of experimental pharmacology · 2025
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  8. Potential of Polar Lipids Isolated from the Marine SpongeInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Roberta EspositoDepartment of Marine Biotechnology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121 Naples, Italy.
Nadia RuoccoDepartment of Marine Biotechnology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121 Naples, Italy.
Thomas VielStazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Department of Marine Biotechnology, Villa Dohrn, Punta San Pietro, 80077 Naples, Italy.
Serena FedericoDepartment of Marine Biotechnology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121 Naples, Italy.
Valerio ZupoStazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Department of Marine Biotechnology, Villa Dohrn, Punta San Pietro, 80077 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9766-8784
Maria CostantiniDepartment of Marine Biotechnology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3978-6170

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the last decades, the marine environment was discovered as a huge reservoir of novel bioactive compounds, useful for medicinal treatments improving human health and well-being. Among several marine organisms exhibiting biotechnological potential, sponges were highlighted as one of the most interesting phyla according to a wide literature describing new molecules every year. Not surprisingly, the first marine drugs approved for medical purposes were isolated from a marine sponge and are now used as anti-cancer and anti-viral agents. In most cases, experimental evidence reported that very often associated and/or symbiotic communities produced these bioactive compounds for a mutual benefit. Nowadays, beauty treatments are formulated taking advantage of the beneficial properties exerted by marine novel compounds. In fact, several biological activities suitable for cosmetic treatments were recorded, such as anti-oxidant, anti-aging, skin whitening, and emulsifying activities, among others. Here, we collected and discussed several scientific contributions reporting the cosmeceutical potential of marine sponge symbionts, which were exclusively represented by fungi and bacteria. Bioactive compounds specifically indicated as products of the sponge metabolism were also included. However, the origin of sponge metabolites is dubious, and the role of the associated biota cannot be excluded, considering that the isolation of symbionts represents a hard challenge due to their uncultivable features.

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PoriferaAnimalsCosmeceuticalsHumansPhytotherapySymbiosisCosmeceuticalsanti-aginganti-microbialanti-oxidantbacteriafungiphotoprotectionskin whiteningsponges

Identifiers

PMID34436283
PMCPMC8401093

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