RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN RESEARCH ON METABOLITES FROM CARIBBEAN MARINE INVERTEBRATES

As a consequence of earlier surveys1 of extracts of a broad spectrum of marine invertebrates for pharmacological activities, our natural products research has been focused over the years on the chemistry of sponges, gorgonians, and sea hares. Sponges and gorgonians offer the practical advantage that they are frequently abundant and hence trace metabolites can b