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Marine Sponges as Future Biomedical Models

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Marine Sponges: Chemicobiological and Biomedical Applications

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Marine sponges are animals of the phylum Porifera and also excellent source of various biomaterials and organic compounds. In recent years, significant developments on marine sponges derived biomaterials have been explored for various biological and biomedical applications (tissue engineering, drug delivery and biosensor). Biosilica and collagen of marine sponge are important constituents and has huge potential application in regenerative medicine. In the present chapter, we have discussed about isolation procedure of biosilica and collagen from marine sponge. Furthermore, tissue engineering of biogenic silica toward bone tissue engineering is explained in details. Finally, sponge-derived compounds and its use in regenerative medicine and collagen in drug delivery are discussed. As a conclusion, marine sponges are promising source of future biomaterials for various biological and biomedical applications.

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This paper was supported by research funds of Pukyong National University in 2015 and grant from the Marine Bioprocess Research Center of the Marine Biotechnology Program, funded by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Republic of Korea.

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  1. Department of Marine-Bio Convergence Science and Marine Bioprocess Research Center, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea

    Jayachandran Venkatesan & Se-Kwon Kim

  2. College of Dentistry, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, AlKharj, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Sukumaran Anil

  3. Department of Maxillofacial Surgery & Diagnostic Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia

    Elna P. Chalisserry

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Venkatesan, J., Anil, S., Chalisserry, E.P., Kim, SK. (2016). Marine Sponges as Future Biomedical Models. In: Pallela, R., Ehrlich, H. (eds) Marine Sponges: Chemicobiological and Biomedical Applications. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2794-6_18

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