Potentials of marine natural products against malaria, leishmaniasis, and trypanosomiasis parasites: a review of recent articles.
Justus Amuche NwezeFlorence N MbaojiYan-Ming LiLi-Yan YangShu-Shi HuangVincent N ChigorEmmanuel A EzeLi-Xia PanTing ZhangDeng-Feng YangPublished in: Infectious diseases of poverty (2021)
It is crystal clear that marine organisms are a rich source of antiparasitic compounds, such as alkaloids, terpenoids, peptides, polyketides, terpene, coumarins, steroids, fatty acid derivatives, and lactones. The current and future technological innovation in natural products drug discovery will bolster the drug armamentarium for malaria and neglected tropical diseases.