[PDF] Marine, freshwater, and terrestrial snails as models in the biomedical applications | Semantic Scholar (2024)

The aim of this work was to produce H. salina on a large scale to evaluate its crude extract for anticancer and antimicrobial activities and to determine the possible binding interactions of the test compounds with the essential amino acids in the binding site of thymidylate kinase (TMK).

A comprehensive survey of the phytochemical and biological aspects of selected seaweed and marine sponges found in the Red Sea is highlighted, finding numerous chemical ingredients with therapeutic properties that may be used in the development of new pharmaceuticals.

Results showed that ethyl alcohol extract had the highest phenolic content, total antioxidant activity, and antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus, while the acetone extractHad the highest scavenging effect against 2,2-diphenyl-1-picryl-hydrazyl radical.

E. desertorum mucin could be used as a supplementary material as it has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects; besides it has low cost.

The enormous diversity and adaptations of molluscs imply a potential source of novel antiviral compounds for future drug discovery, providing good opportunities for future research and development.

It is described that at least some of these peptides can be obtained using prokaryotic or eukaryotic expression systems, which opens the possibility for biotechnological production of also larger amounts of long chain conopeptides for the use ofThese peptides in research and medical applications.

The principle source of bioactive compounds is from the hypobranchial gland, whilst the shell and operculum are the main source used in most traditional remedies, so further research is required to understand this discrepancy and to optimise a quality controlled natural medicine from Muricidae.

Some case studies of standardization assays with freshwater snails are discussed, especially good organisms for laboratory and in situ monitoring studies, to be considered for regulatory environmental agencies and shows the prospects for using gastropods in monitoring freshwater environments in Latin America.

This review aims to summarize what is known about bioactive compounds isolated from species of neglected marine gastropods, especially in the Turridae, Terebridae, Babyloniidae, Muricidae, Buccinidae, Colubrariaceae, Nassariidae, Cassidae, and Ranellidae families.

One of the most active, crude proteins was from land snail Cryptozona bistrialis and its protein was capable of completely inhibiting the development of pathogenic bacterial and fungal cultures.

This chapter is an attempt to show whether Lymnaea reproduction, despite many altering reproductive endpoints, is a suitable model for environmental risk assessment or not.

After removal of shell and mantle of Pila, Bellamya, Lamellidensand Parreysia, the flesh of these molluscs in various forms consumed for the cure of some aliments of local people and also provide essential animal proteins, steroids, vitamins and minerals to the people of the region.

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