A5056599408- Marine Sponges and Natural Products
- Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
- Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Echinoderm biology and ecology
- Algal biology and biofuel production
- Phytochemistry and Biological Activities
- Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
- Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
- Natural product bioactivities and synthesis
- Synthesis and Biological Activity
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies
- Bioactive Compounds and Antitumor Agents
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
- Chemical synthesis and alkaloids
- Biological Activity of Diterpenoids and Biflavonoids
- Wound Healing and Treatments
- X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
- Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae
- Organophosphorus compounds synthesis
- Crystallization and Solubility Studies
- Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
2016-2025
University of Siena
2009
Universidad de Jaén
2008-2009
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2009
Universitat de Barcelona
2009
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
2008
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
2008
University of London
2008
Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare
2007
Institute of Biostructure and Bioimaging
2007
Synthetic biology approaches achieving the reconstruction of specific plant natural product biosynthetic pathways in dedicated microbial "chassis" have provided access to important industrial compounds (e.g., artemisinin, resveratrol, vanillin). However, potential such production systems facilitate elucidation has been underexplored. Here we report on application a modular terpene platform characterization pathway leading potent antioxidant carnosic acid and related diterpenes Salvia...
In search of alternative and safer sources collagen for biomedical applications, the marine demosponges Axinella cannabina Suberites carnosus, collected from Aegean Ionian Seas, respectively, were comparatively studied their insoluble collagen, intercellular spongin-like content. The isolated collagenous materials morphologically, physicochemically, biophysically characterized. Using scanning electron microscopy transmission fibrous morphology collagens was confirmed, whereas amino acid...
Biomass is defined as organic matter from living organisms represented in all kingdoms. It recognized to be an excellent source of proteins, polysaccharides and lipids and, such, embodies a tailored feedstock for new products processes apply green industries. The industrial focused on the valorization terrestrial biomass are well established, but marine sources still represent untapped resource. Oceans seas occupy over 70% Earth’s surface used intensively worldwide economies through fishery...
Abstract Humankind relies on specialized metabolites for medicines, flavors, fragrances, and numerous other valuable biomaterials. However, the chemical space occupied by metabolites, and, thus, their application potential, is limited because biosynthesis based only a handful of building blocks. Engineering organisms to synthesize alternative blocks will bypass this limitation enable sustainable production molecules with non-canonical structures, expanding possible applications. Herein, we...
ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTNew anti-inflammatory pseudopterosins from the marine octocoral Pseudopterogorgia elisabethaeVassilios Roussis, Zhongde Wu, William Fenical, Scott A. Strobel, Gregory D. Van Duyne, and Jon ClardyCite this: J. Org. Chem. 1990, 55, 16, 4916–4922Publication Date (Print):August 1, 1990Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 August...
Terpenes are a large class of natural products, many which used in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, or biofuels. However, terpene's industrial application is frequently hindered by limited availability sources low yields chemical synthesis. In this report, we developed modular platform based on standardized and exchangeable parts to reproduce potentially expand the diversity terpene structures Saccharomyces cerevisiae. By combining different module-specific parts, exploited substrate promiscuity...
The Mediterranean Sea is losing its biological distinctiveness, and the same phenomenon occurring in other seas. It gives urgency to a better understanding of factors that affect marine invasions. A chemoecological approach proposed here define biotic conditions promote invasions terms enemy escape resource opportunities. Research has focused on secondary metabolite composition three exotic sea slugs found Greece have most probably entered basin by Lessepsian migration, an exchange...
ABSTRACT Novel fibrous biocomposites comprising ulvan, a sulfated polysaccharide extracted from the green seaweed Ulva rigida , and either polycaprolactone or polyethylene oxide were successfully prepared using electrospinning technique. The morphology chemical composition of nanofibers characterized SEM FT‐IR analyses. Ulvan was found to incorporate well with co‐electrospun biocompatible polymers, conferring on collective properties these materials. Such nanofibrous matrices represent...