ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- FORWARD -- PREFACE -- ABOUT THE EDITORS -- ABOUT THE BOOK -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- Chapter 1 New Vistas and Frontiers of Marine Bioactive Molecules in Biomedical and Pharmacotherapeutic Applications -- Chapter 2 Bioprospection of Marine Sponge Microbiome for Bioactive Metabolites Employing Advanced Metagenomics Tools -- Chapter 3 Biomedical Applications of Marine Biopolymers in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine -- Chapter 4 Metagenome Mining Approaches for the Discovery of Marine Microbial Natural Products -- Chapter 5 Marine Derived Pharmaceuticals in Biomedical Research: Current Developments and Future Prospects -- Chapter 6 Marine Polysaccharides - Prospects for Nanostructure Preparation and their Exploitation in Cancer Therapy -- Chapter 7 Marine Microbial Cell Mediated Nanomaterials Synthesis: Prospectus, Current Development and Challenges -- Chapter 8 A Potent Drug L- Asparaginase from Marine Origins: A Comprehensive Review -- Chapter 9 Marine Environment: A Treasure Trove of Natural Polymers for Tissue Engineering -- Chapter 10 Exploration of Bioactive Functional Molecules from Marine Algae: Challenges and Applications in Nutraceuticals -- Chapter 11 Properties of Violacein: A Promising Natural Pharmaceutical Secondary Metabolite from Marine Environment with Emphasis on its Anticancer activity -- Chapter 12 Exploitation of Marine-Derived Multifunctional Biomaterials in Biomedical Engineering and Drug Delivery -- Chapter 13 Marine Phytoplankton: Bioactive Compounds and Their Applications in Medicine -- Chapter 14 Neuroactive Peptides and Neuroprotective Molecules from Marine Sponges and Associated Bacteria: An Untapped Resource for Systemic Drug Development.