“Poison kills the poison” the famous proverb is the basis for researchers in finding the biomedical metabolites from living organism. Sea has got plenty of metabolites and other resources in living or dead form of sponges (37%) coelenterates (21%) and macro organisms (18%) are the major sources of biomedical compounds followed by algae (9%), echinoderm (6%), tunicates (6%), molluscs (2%), broyozoans (1%), etc. The scientists at different parts of world have extracted various drugs for such diseases in recent years. The marine is a major source of toxins, polysaccharides, foods, and agrochemical, which are use by human. The marine ecosystem is a rich and prolific source of anticancer agents (Aeroplysinin, Aplicline Curacin-A), cardiovascular active substances (Anthopleurins, Eptatretin), anti microbial compounds (Aeroplysinin, Thelpin), antibiotic compounds (Variabilin, Ircinin), anti inflammatory, anti-spasmodic agents, anti-parasitic agents, anticoagulants, prostaglandins etc.
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