Special Issue on "Marine Alkaloids" of the Marine Drugs journal

[Editor] [Manuscript Submissions] [Annouced Review Papers] [Announced or published Research Papers] [Published Papers]
Manuscript submission deadline: 30 June 2008

Guest Editor and Editorial Advisiors:
The Marine Drugs Editorial Board

Manuscript submission
Manuscripts should be prepared according to the Instructions for Authors and submitted by e-mail to [email protected], with copy to Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Peter Proksch ([email protected]). The subject title of the message should be "Manuscript for Special Issue on Marine Alkaloids". Deadline for article submission: 30 June 2008 (Papers can be continuously submitted processed and if accepted, continuously published)

Review Papers:
Review manuscripts: Before writing their manuscripts, potential authors of review articles should forward the title and a short abstract to [email protected], with copy to Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Peter Proksch ([email protected]). We will then provide feedback on the suitability of the topic upon consultation with other editors and/or members of the Editorial Board. Authors are encouraged to write reviews that provide a critical review of the areas.

(To be added)

Research papers
(To be added)

Marine alkaloids papers so far published in Marine Drugs:

Open Access
Anake Kijjoa 1,2,*, Rawiwan Wattanadilok 2,3, Nair Campos 2, Maria São José Nascimento 4, Madalena Pinto 4 and Werner Herz 5
1 ICBAS-Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, 4099-003 Porto, Portugal
2 Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR), Universidade do Porto, Rua dos Bragas 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal
3 Bangsaen Institute of Marine Science (BIMS), Burapha University, Bangsaen, Chonburi 20131, Thailand
4 Centro de Estudos de Química Orgânica, Fitoquímica e Farmacologia da Universidade do Porto (CEQOFFUP), Faculdade de Farmácia, Rua Aníbal Cunha 164, 4050-047 Porto, Portugal
5 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4390, USA
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; Email: [email protected]
Received: 26 March 2007 / Accepted: 4 April 2007 / Published: 17 April 2007
Full Original Paper: Anticancer Activity Evaluation of Kuanoniamines A and C Isolated from the Marine Sponge Oceanapia sagittaria, Collected from the Gulf of Thailand
Mar. Drugs 2007, 5, 6-22 (PDF format 126 K)

Open Access
Gerhard Bringmann 1,*, Tobias A. M. Gulder 1, Gerhard Lang 1,2, Stefanie Schmitt 1, Rüdiger Stöhr 2, Jutta Wiese 2, Kerstin Nagel 2 and Johannes F. Imhoff 2,*
1 Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
2 Marine Mikrobiologie, Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften, IFM-GEOMAR, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, D-24105 Kiel, Germany
* Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed; G.B. Tel. +49-931-8885323, Fax +49-931-8884755, E-mail: [email protected]; J.F.I. Tel. +49-431-6004450, Fax +49-431-6004452, E-mail: [email protected]
Dedicated to Prof. Dr. W.E.G. Müller on the occasion of his 65th birthday
Received: 29 May 2007/ Accepted: 21 June 2007 / Published: 25 June 2007
Full Original Paper: Large-Scale Biotechnological Production of the Antileukemic Marine Natural Product Sorbicillactone A
Mar. Drugs 2007, 5, 23-30 (PDF format 89 K)

Open Access
Baoquan Bao 1,2, Ping Zhang 1, Yoonmi Lee 1, Jongki Hong 3, Chong-O. Lee 4 and Jee H. Jung 1,*
1 College of Pharmacy, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
2 College of Traditional Mongolian Medicine, Inner Mongolia University for the Nationalities, Tongliao Inner Mongolia 028000, China; E-mail: [email protected]
3 College of Pharmacy, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, Korea
4 Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Daejon 305-343, Korea
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel., 82-51-510-2803; Fax: 82-51-513-6754; E-mail: [email protected]
Received: 5 June 2007 / Accepted: 23 June 2007 / Published: 25 June 2007
Full Original Paper: Monoindole Alkaloids from a Marine Sponge Spongosorites sp.
Mar. Drugs 2007, 5, 31-39 (PDF format 118 K)

Paid Access Only
Leonardo Castellanos 1, Carmenza Duque 1, Jaime Rodríguez 2 and Carlos Jiménez 2,*
1 Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, AA 14490 Bogo á, Colombia
2 Departamento de Química Fundamental, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus da Zapateira Universidad de
A Coruña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: Tel: +34-981167000 Ext. 2170, Fax: +34-981 167065; e-mail: [email protected]

Short Communication: Synthesis of Acetylhomoagmatine
Mar. Drugs 2006, 4, 286-289 (PDF format 50 K)


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Jaine H. H. L. de Oliveira 1, Mirna H. R. Seleghim 1, Christoph Timm 2, Achim Grube 2, Matthias Köck 2, Gislene G.F. Nascimento 3, Ana Claudia T. Martins 3, Elissa G. O. Silva 3, Ana Olívia de Souza 4, Fabio C. S. Galetti 4, Paulo R. R. Minarini 4, Célio L. Silva 4, Eduardo Hajdu 5 and Roberto G. S. Berlinck 1,*
1 Instituto de Química de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, CP 780, CEP 13560-970, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
E-mail: [email protected] for Jaine H. H. L. de Oliveira; E-mail: [email protected] for Mirna H. R. Seleghim
2 Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, Am Handelshafen 12,D-27570 Bremerhaven, Germany.
E-mail: [email protected] for Achim Grube;E-mail: [email protected] for Matthias Köck
3 Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba, Piracaba, SP, Brazil.
E-mail: [email protected] for Gislene G.F. Nascimento
4 Laboratório de Bioquímica e Biofísica, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil.
E.mail: olí[email protected] for Ana Olívia de Souza
5 Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
E-mail: [email protected] for Fabio C. S. Galetti
6 Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, s/n, 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
E-mail: [email protected] for Eduardo Hajdu
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]
Full Original Paper: Antimicrobial and Antimycobacterial Activity of Cyclostelletamine Alkaloids from Sponge Pachychalina sp.
Mar. Drugs 2006, 4, 1-8 (PDF format 50 K)

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Susan Wonnacott 1,* and Timothy Gallagher 2
1 Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom
E-mail: [email protected]
2 School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, United Kingdom
E-mail: [email protected]
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Review: The Chemistry and Pharmacology of Anatoxin-a and Related Homotropanes with respect to Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors
Mar. Drugs 2006, 4, 228-254 (PDF format 186 K)

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William Kem 1,*, Ferenc Soti 1, Kristin Wildeboer 1, Susan LeFrancois 1, Kelly MacDougall 1, Dong-Qing Wei 3, Kuo-Chen Chou 4 and Hugo R. Arias 2
1 Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610-0267, USA
2 Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA 91766-1854, USA
3 College of Life Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Minhang District Shanghai, 200240, China
4 Gordon Life Science Institute, San Diego, CA 92130, USA
* Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed; Tel. (352) 392-3541; Fax (352) 392-9696; Email: [email protected]
Review: The Nemertine Toxin Anabaseine and Its Derivative DMXBA (GTS-21): Chemical and Pharmacological Properties
Mar. Drugs 2006, 4, 255-273 (PDF format 210 K)

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Hamad H. Issa,a,b Junichi Tanaka,*,a Rachmaniar Rachmat,c Andi Setiawan,d Agus Trianto,e and Tatsuo Higa a
a Department of Chemistry, Biology, and Marine Science, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan
b Department of Sciences, School of Education, Arts and Sciences, The State University of Zanzibar, P.O.Box 146, Zanzibar, Tanzania
c Research and Development Centre for Oceanology LIPI, Jl. Pasir Putih 1, Ancor Timur, Jakarta 11048, Indonesia
d Department of Chemistry, Lampung University, Bandar Lampung 35145, Indonesia
e Department of Marine Science, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Central Java 50234, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Tel/Fax: 81-98-895-8560; e-mail: [email protected]
Polycitorols A and B, New Tricyclic Alkaloids from an Ascidian
Mar. Drugs 2005, 3, 78-83 (PDF format 44 K)

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Makoto Kuramoto1, Hirokazu Arimoto2 and Daisuke Uemura2,*

1 Department of Material Science, Integrated Center for Science, Ehime University, Bunkyou-chou 2-5, Matsuyama 790-8577, Japan

2 Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; Tel. 081-52-7893654, Fax 081-52-7893654, E-mail: [email protected]

Review: Bioactive Alkaloids from the Sea
Mar. Drugs 2004, 2, 39-54 (PDF format 131 K)

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Wafaa Hassan,1,3 RuAngelie Edrada,1 Rainer Ebel,1 Victor Wray2 and Peter Proksch1,*

1 Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Universitätsstr 1, Geb. 26.23,

40225 Düsseldorf, Germany. Fax: +49/211-8111923. E-mail: [email protected]

2 Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung, Mascheroder Weg 1,  38124 Braunschweig, Germany

3 Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

Full Original Paper: New Alkaloids from the Mediterranean Sponge Hamigera hamigera 

Mar. Drugs 2004, 2, 88-100 (PDF format 180 K)


Paid Access Only

Rohan A. Davis 1, Lane V. Christensen 1, Adam D. Richardson 1, Rosana Moreira da Rocha 2 and Chris M. Ireland 1,*
1 Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA, Tel. 1 801 581 8305, Fax: 1 801 585 6208, E-mail: [email protected]
2 Universidade Federal do Paraná, Departamento de Zoologia, C.P. 19020, 81.531-980, Curitiba, Brazil

Full Original Paper: Rigidin E, a New Pyrrolopyrimidine Alkaloid from a Papua New Guinea Tunicate Eudistoma species
Mar. Drugs 2003, 1, 27-33 (PDF format 66 K)


Last update: 16 September 2007. Dr. Shu-Kun Lin and Mr. Dietrich Rordorf, Editorial Office Marine Drugs (http://www.mdpi.org/marinedrugs/), E-mail: [email protected]