Are the Traditional Medical Uses of Muricidae Molluscs Substantiated by Their Pharmacological Properties and Bioactive Compounds?
Mar. Drugs 2015, 13, 5237-5275; doi:10.3390/md13085237 OPEN ACCESS marine drugs ISSN 1660-3397 www.mdpi.com/journal/marinedrugs Review Are the Traditional Medical Uses of Muricidae Molluscs Substantiated by Their Pharmacological Properties and Bioactive Compounds? Kirsten Benkendorff 1,*, David Rudd 2, Bijayalakshmi Devi Nongmaithem 1, Lei Liu 3, Fiona Young 4,5, Vicki Edwards 4,5, Cathy Avila 6 and Catherine A. Abbott 2,5 1 Marine Ecology Research Centre, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, G.P.O. Box 157, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia; E-Mail: n.nongmaithem.10@student.scu.edu.au 2 School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, G.P.O. Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, Australia; E-Mails: david.rudd@flinders.edu.au (D.R.); cathy.abbott@flinders.edu.au (C.A.A.) 3 Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, G.P.O. Box 157, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia; E-Mail: ben.liu@scu.edu.au 4 Medical Biotechnology, Flinders University, G.P.O. Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, Australia; E-Mails: Fiona.young@scu.edu.au (F.Y.); Vicki.Edwards@bioinnovationsa.com.au (V.E.) 5 Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer, Flinders University, G.P.O. Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, Australia 6 School of Health Science, Southern Cross University, G.P.O. Box 157, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia; E-Mail: Cathy.avila@scu.edu.au * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: Kirsten.benkendorff@scu.edu.au; Tel.: +61-2-8201-3577. Academic Editor: Peer B. Jacobson Received: 2 July 2015 / Accepted: 7 August 2015 / Published: 18 August 2015 Abstract: Marine molluscs from the family Muricidae hold great potential for development as a source of therapeutically useful compounds.
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