Echinodermata
Publication year: 2005
ISBN: 978-3-540-27683-8
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Members of the phylum Echinodermata are among the most familiar marine invertebrates. Forms such as the sea star have become virtually a symbol of sea life. Used in ancient oriental medicine as a source of bioactive compounds, sea cucumbers, sea stars and sea urchins are now used for the extraction and purification of cytotoxic, haemolytic, antiviral, antifungal, antifouling, antimicrobial and even anti-tumoural activities.
Subject: Biomedical and Life Sciences, DNA, Echinodermata, aquaculture, biology, biomedicine, biotechnology, cell, development, environment, immunology, invertebrates, marine biotechnology, molecular biology, tissue, toxicity
