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Development of pharmacologically active drugs from marine orgrnisms

Numerous marine organisms represent promising candidates for the development of pharmacologically active drugs. Countries such as USA, Australia. Japan and France have beenadministering national mammoth projects to screen out active marine compounds applicable tointractable diseases like cancer, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or resistant bacterialinfection. Due to the recent progress of supportive fields, especially chemical analysis techniques,to marine natural product research, the discovery of noble marine substances is greatly facilitated.In view of the species variety and biomass richness of unutilizded marine organisms, the importance and necessity of research on this area is discussed.