This unprecedented volume offers a comprehensive review of marine natural products research across Southeast Asia, a region teeming with untapped marine biodiversity. It provides an extensive survey of the chemistry and biology of specialized metabolites derived from marine organisms, such as sponges, tunicates, soft corals and marine microbes. Highlighting both the scientific advances and critical gaps, the book identifies strategic areas for future research and drug discovery initiatives. With its regional focus and collaborative insights, this edited collection serves as a vital resource for researchers, policymakers, and industry stakeholders engaged in marine biotechnology and sustainable pharmaceutical development in one of the world’s most biodiverse marine ecosystems.
Chapter
1. Current Status of Marine Drug Discovery-Based Biotechnology
in South-East Asia.
Chapter
2. Marine Biodiversity and Marine Natural
Products Research in Singapore.
Chapter
3. Bioactive Compounds from Soft
Corals from Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion.
Chapter
4. Structural Diversity
and Biological Activities of Halogenated Secondary Metabolites of the Red
Algal Genus Laurencia from the Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion.
Chapter
5.
Bioprospecting from Marine Benthic Organisms in Vietnam.
Chapter
6. Marine
Natural Products from Indonesian Coral Reef Organisms.
Chapter
7. Charting
the Philippine Seas Progress in Marine Natural Products Research in the
Philippines in the last 20 Years.
Chapter
8. Discovery and Development of
Potential Therapeutic Agents from Sponge-Derived Marine Natural Products in
Thailand.
Chapter
9. Marine Drug Discovery in Papua New Guinea: Bioactive
Specialized Metabolites from Marine Invertebrates.
Chapter
10. Marine
Microbial Natural Products Research in South East Asia.
Chapter
11. Insights
Into Natural Products from Phytoplankton Found in Singapore Waters.
Chapter
12. Marine Natural Products from Diatoms: South-East Asia Perspectives and
Potential Applications.
Dr. Lik Tong Tan is a Principal Lecturer at the Natural Sciences and Science Education Department, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, specializing in marine natural products, chemical ecology, and microbial diversity. With a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Oregon State University, he has been recognized among the top 2% scientists by Stanford University in Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry and has received multiple teaching and research accolades. A Fellow of The Singapore Institute of Biology, he actively mentors students and contributes to marine science research and marine education initiatives in Singapore.
Dr. Novriyandi Hanif is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry, IPB University, Indonesia. He received his MSc and DSc in Organic Chemistry from the University of the Ryukyus and Nagoya University, Japan, respectively. He then carried out post-doctoral research in Chemistry and Biology at the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada. His research interest is focused on organic chemistry of marine natural products. While advancing natural product sciences in Indonesia, he served as the chair of international summer courses on marine natural products in 2019 and 2021.
