Natural Products of Marine Macroalgae from South Eastern Australia, with Emphasis on the Port Phillip Bay and Heads Regions of Victoria

James Lever; Robert Brkljača; Gerald Kraft; Sylvia Urban

doi:10.3390/md18030142

Natural Products of Marine Macroalgae from South Eastern Australia, with Emphasis on the Port Phillip Bay and Heads Regions of Victoria

Mar Drugs. 2020 Feb 28;18(3):142. doi: 10.3390/md18030142.

Authors

James Lever¹, Robert Brkljača^{1

2}, Gerald Kraft^{3

4}, Sylvia Urban¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Science (Applied Chemistry and Environmental Science), RMIT University, GPO Box 2476VMelbourne, VIC 3001, Australia.
² Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia.
³ School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.
⁴ Tasmanian Herbarium, College Road, Sandy Bay, Tasmania 7015, Australia.

Abstract

Marine macroalgae occurring in the south eastern region of Victoria, Australia, consistingof Port Phillip Bay and the heads entering the bay, is the focus of this review. This area is home toapproximately 200 different species of macroalgae, representing the three major phyla of the greenalgae (Chlorophyta), brown algae (Ochrophyta) and the red algae (Rhodophyta), respectively. Overalmost 50 years, the species of macroalgae associated and occurring within this area have resultedin the identification of a number of different types of secondary metabolites including terpenoids,sterols/steroids, phenolic acids, phenols, lipids/polyenes, pheromones, xanthophylls andphloroglucinols. Many of these compounds have subsequently displayed a variety of bioactivities.A systematic description of the compound classes and their associated bioactivities from marinemacroalgae found within this region is presented.

Keywords: bioactivity; marine macroalgae; secondary metabolites.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Biological Products / chemistry*
Oceans and Seas
Seaweed / chemistry*
Victoria

Substances

Biological Products