Abstract
This article briefly reviews ocean and seas as huge and novel biomedical
resources for anti-infection, which includes tuberculosis, H. Pylori,
and HIV infection as well as SARS-CoV-2, and as promising biomedical
resources for infection-induced major non-communicable diseases (mNCDs),
such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer. These marine
natural products (MNPs) and organisms include sea cucumbers, sea snake,
sponge, marine algae and microalgae, etc. As key biomedical resources
for the discovery of marine drugs, bioactive molecules, and agents for
treatment of infectious diseases and mNCDs, MNPs have bioactive
potentials of antioxidant, anti-infection, anti-inflammatory,
anticoagulant, anti-diabetic effects, and cancer treatment. In addition,
their anti-inflammatory mechanisms for infectious diseases are also
involved. It’s time to protect ocean ecosystem for human better
sustainable development in the new era of ocean economy.