Therapeutic and Nutraceutical Applications

Sponges are considered as the chemical factory in marine environment because of its immense production of chemically diverse compounds. Other than the chemical diversity, these compounds possess remarkable bioactivities. This great potential has aroused applications of sponge-derived compounds as therapeutics and at present, a number of promising compounds are in clinical and preclinical trials. Recently, nutraceuticals have received considerable interest among the health conscious community because of its multiple therapeutic effects. Natural health-promoting substances... 

The structure, therapeutic applications, dosage range, and available formulations for the major nutraceuticals are shown in Table 1. These major nutraceuticals can also be categorized according to their origin. Table 2 lists the origin of the major nutraceuticals. 

Table 1 Therapeutic applications, dosage levels, and available formulations for the major nutraceuticals...

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