Natural Products from the Sea: Ethnopharmacology, Nutrition and Conservation. From: Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients | Date: February 1, 2001| Author: Batchelder, Tim | COPYRIGHT 2001 The Townsend Letter Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Introduction: Chemical Diversity and Evolution

The sea represents the most promising source of medicinal and nutritional natural products of the future. Traditional peoples have used natural products from the sea for medicinal and nutritional purposes for thousands of years. Natural products from the oceans are promising in part because of the incredible diversity of chemical compounds created by marine organisms. Since conditions in the marine environment are so differe...

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