Analysis and Spatial Mapping of Groundwater Quality in Puducherry, India

Abstract :

The best source of pharmacologically active compounds from the sea are mostly invertebrates (sponges, soft corals, gorgonians, sea hares, nudibranchs, bryozoans and tunicates), microbes (bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes), algae and mangroves. The bioactive compounds are produced either by the marine organisms or the microbes associated with them. These compounds are mostly novel ones with potent bioactivity, but still in their preclinical or early clinical stage of development as drugs.