Marine Natural Products with Antifouling Activity

• Autore: Turk Tom
• Pubblicazione: Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (158 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Research and information: general
• Soggetto non controllato: active packaging; anti-adhesive coating; antibiofilm; antifoulant; antifouling; antifouling coating; antifouling compounds; antifouling mechanism; antimicrobial activity; barnacle; biofilms; biofouling; butenolide; catheter-associated urinary tract infections; cement gland; cement protein; chitin; chitosan; click chemistry; coating; cyanobacteria; cyprid adhesive; eco-friendly alternatives; elasnin; environmentally friendly; flavonoids; larval attachment assay; marine; marine microorganisms; marine waste; natural products; poly(lactic acid); polymer; structural optimisation; surface modification; synthesis; transcriptome; urinary catheter; urinary catheters; uropathogens
• Persona (resp. second.): AlmeidaJoana Reis; TurkTom
• Sommario/riassunto: Marine fouling affects most man-made surfaces temporarily or permanently immersed in the sea, causing important economic costs. Intense research is aimed at methods for preventing or reducing fouling development. The most widespread solution to inhibit fouling is to make surfaces unsuitable for settlers by coating them with antifouling paints containing toxic compounds. Most such antifouling agents give undesirable effects on nontarget species, including commercially important ones. The search for new nontoxic antifouling technologies has become a necessity, particularly after the ban of organotin compounds such as tributyltin (TBT), once the most widespread and used antifouling agent. Alternative organic and metal-based biocides are now used in antifouling paints, but their possible toxic effects on the aquatic environment are not yet fully understood. A nontoxic alternative for antifouling protection comes from the possibility of adopting natural antifouling compounds that are and may be found in marine sessile invertebrates like sponges, bryozoans, corals, and tunicates and in marine microorganisms. Such metabolites can prevent their producers from being fouled on by other organisms or be responsible for specific metabolic functions that may interfere with biofouling species adhesion. As natural marine compounds, they may inhibit settlement through a nontoxic mechanism without adverse effects to the environment. Such compounds could be developed into active ingredients of new antifouling coatings. So far, a rather limited number of natural products antifoulants (NPAs) has been isolated from marine organisms, but a huge reservoir of compounds with potential antifouling activity is hidden in marine organisms. The Special Issue on Marine Natural Products with Antifouling Activity aims at the discovery of such compounds their activity, toxicity and potential application in environmentally friendly antifouling coatings.
• Titolo autorizzato: Marine Natural Products with Antifouling Activity
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910557577503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II