Abstract

For the past 50 years Marine sponges have been considered as a gold mine. Marine sponges are secondary metabolites and considered as a drug treasure house. Most of the discoveries and studies have been conducted on sponge’s derived compounds to study its pharmacological properties. Marine sponges belong to the family of phylum Porifera (Metazoa), which is the only one best source of marine natural products. Sponges are multicellular and their bodies are full of pores and channels which allow water to circulate through them. Genus Stelletta are well known marine sponges which are a rich source of natural products including lipids, terpenoids, peptides, alkaloids and steroids. Due to its biological activities and novel structure various chemists discover new drugs to cure from various diseases. These have antifungal, antimalarial, antibacterial, antiviral, antitumor, immunosuppressive, and cardiovascular activity

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