Antifoulant property of the marine sponge Hymeniacidon heliophila (Demospongiae: Halichondrida)

Cultivation of Marine Sponges with Pharmaceutical Value: Status and Future Prospects in India

“…They are anti-tumour (Tasdemir et al, 2002;Gordaliza, 2010) have potent antileukemic activity (Muller et al, 1985), inhibitory activity against hepatocellular carcinoma, colorectal carcinoma and breast adenocarcinoma cells (Elhady et al, 2016). They are used for the treatment of psoriasis (Pietschmann et al, 2004), as anti foulant (Pereira et al, 2002;Riberio et al, 2012), in cosmetics (Swatschek et al, 2002), for marine environmental bioremediation in integrated aquaculture practices (Milanese et al, 2003), bioremediation in polluted sea water (Stabili et al, 2006), to clear large volume of water of organic and bacterial loads in polluted sites (Ledda et al, 2014) as their pumping activity might play an important role in water purification. They are used in the biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles (Inbakandan et al, 2012) as silver nanoparticles are being investigated as tools for novel cancer therapeutics (Ong et al, 2013).…”