Towards Commercial Production of Sponge Medicines

Sponges can provide potential drugs against many major world-wide occurring diseases. Despite the high potential of sponge derived drugs no sustainable production method has been developed. Thus far it is not fully understood why, when, where and how these metabolites are produced in sponges. For th...

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Main Authors: Marieke Koopmans, Dirk Martens, Rene H. Wijffels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2009-12-01
Series:Marine Drugs
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/7/4/787/