Overview

Marine biotoxins are poisonous compounds produced mainly by certain kinds of microalgae. These microalgae and their toxins may adversely impact the marine environment and fisheries and even humans directly or indirectly. What is little known is that these toxins and poisons also have therapeutic potential that can be effective against various diseases. The new title, Therapeutic Potential of Marine Biotoxins: From Poison to Pharmacy, explores the state of the art of the therapeutic potential of marine biotoxins, emphasizing the present gaps in the existing knowledge on marine biotoxins. The book covers the types and chemistry of marine biotoxins; marine phyla yielding biotoxins; the impact of marine biotoxins on the environment, on fisheries, and on human health; and marine phycotoxins, invertebrate toxins, and fish toxins and their therapeutic potential as pharmacological agents for several disorders, including cancer, diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and obesity. The book provides the names of marine taxonomic groups and further explores the therapeutic potential of certain groups, including marine fishes, marine algae, and more. The impact of marine biotoxins on human health is explored using case informative studies. As one of the very few books on this topic, this book will be of great value as a standard reference for pharmaceutical researchers as well as researchers and faculty and students of various disciplines such as biomedical sciences, pharmaceutical sciences, marine biology, and fisheries science. It will also serve as a valuable reference for libraries of colleges and universities and as a guide for the pharmaceutical industries involved in the development of new marine biotoxin-derived drugs.

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""This interdisciplinary title prepared by both pharmaceutical and fisheries experts represents an incredible resource that deals with aspects such as marine biotoxin types and their chemistry; biotoxin-producing marine taxonomic groups; source organisms of marine biotoxin-associated poisonings; marine biotoxins and human health (case studies); and therapeutic potential of phycotoxins and zootoxins derived from the different groups of marine biota. Dr. Santhanam Ramesh and his team have succeeded superbly in creating a most useful overview of the hither-to untouched aspect viz. therapeutic potential of marine biotoxins, a treatise that will be most welcomed by students and researchers of the faculties of pharmacy, fisheries science, and marine biology. Further, the libraries of colleges and universities would find this volume worth having. . . . This title will amply provide an effective learning experience and reference source for the professionals of fisheries and pharmacy."" —B. Ahilan, PhD, Dean, Fisheries College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Tamil Nadu, India

Author Information

Santhanam Ramesh, PhD, is Vice-Principal at the Karuna College of Pharmacy, Kerala University of Health Sciences, Palakkad, Kerala, India. He has 15 years of teaching and research experience in pharmaceutical sciences, and his fields of specialization include natural products, pharmaceutical nanotechnology, biomaterials, and marine wastes of pharmaceutical importance. Dr. Ramesh is also a visiting professor in the Department of Pharmacology, North-Caucasian State Humanitarian and Technological Academy (North-Caucasian State University), Cherkessk, Russia. To his credit, he has 13 books published with internationally reputed publishers. He is a member of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcome Research, the British Society for Nanomedicine, and the Academic Pharmacy Group of Royal Pharmaceutical Society, London. He earned his PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India. Ramasamy Santhanam, PhD, is Ex-Dean, Fisheries College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Thoothukudi, India. He has about 50 years of teaching and research experience in marine/ fisheries sciences. He has been serving as a fisheries expert for various government and nongovernment organizations in India and abroad. To his credit, Dr. Santhanam has 40 books on various aspects of marine life. He was a member of the American Fisheries Society, United States; World Aquaculture Society, United States; Global Fisheries Ecosystem Management Network (GFEMN), United States; and the IUCN's Commission on Ecosystem Management, Switzerland. Subbiah Balasundari, PhD, is Dean at the Dr. M.G.R. Fisheries College and Research Institute at the Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Thalainayeru, India. She has 26 years of teaching and research experience in fish processing. To her credit, she has four textbooks on fisheries science and 20 research papers. She has developed a number of contemporary value-added fish products and has disseminated the technologies to fish processing industries of India. She has completed six projects through state- and national-level funding agencies and has established various demonstration units in fisheries enterprises for the benefit of stakeholders. She is a member of the World Aquaculture Society, Asian Fisheries Society (Indian Branch), Agricultural Scientific Tamil Society, and Society of Fisheries Technologists.

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