来自海洋的药物——现实还是幻想？

Drugs from the sea--fact or fantasy?

作者信息

Grant P T, Mackie A M

出版信息

Nature. 1977 Jun 30;267(5614):786-8. doi: 10.1038/267786a0.

Abstract

Drugs from the sea are as much a potential marine resource as cultivated fish, and mineral deposits. The study of the chemical structure and properties of unusual metabolic products of marine life is a subject where marine ecology and the experimental sciences of chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology and medicine share a common and complementary interest. The development of ad hoc collaboration between specialists has advanced basic knowledge and resulted in a significant feedback to marine biology and ecology as well as in the development of some useful drugs.

摘要

海洋药物与养殖鱼类和矿产一样，都是潜在的海洋资源。对海洋生物异常代谢产物的化学结构和性质进行研究，这一学科领域中，海洋生态学与化学、生物化学、药理学及医学等实验科学有着共同且互补的兴趣点。专家之间开展的专门合作推动了基础知识的发展，不仅为海洋生物学和生态学带来了重要的反馈，还促成了一些有用药物的研发。