ch. 1. Past, present, and future of marine pharmacognosy / Se-Kwon Kim -- ch. 2. Antidiabetic compounds from marine organisms and their properties / Miyuki Shirosaki and Tomoyuki Koyama -- ch. 3. Bioactive compounds from Okinawan marine cyanobacteria / Toshiaki Teruya, Osamu Ohno, and Kiyotake Suenaga -- ch. 4. Bioactive secondary metabolites from marine-derived fungi / Sherif S. Ebada and Peter Proksch -- ch. 5. Cytotoxic briarane-type diterpenoids / Yonghong Liu ... [et al.] -- ch. 6. Pharmacoanalytical procedures for chondroitin present in raw materials and biological fluids / Bradley Wright and Brian Lockwood -- ch. 7. Marine natural products targeting nuclear factor KB / U. Sebnem Harput -- ch. 8. The immunomodulatory effect of marine algae on allergic response / Se-Kwon Kim, Thanh-Sang Vo, and Dai-Hung Ngo -- ch. 9. Pharmacological effects of marine-derived bioactive peptides / Se-Kwon Kim ... [et al.] -- ch. 10. Sea cucumber saponins : realization of their anticancer effects / Se-Kwon Kim, S.W.A. Himaya, and Kyong-Hwa Kang -- ch. 11. Phlorotannins as potential antibacterial agents from marine brown algae / Sung-Hwan Eom and Se-Kwon Kim -- ch. 12. Bioactive molecules from symbiotic marine dinoflagellates / Masaki Kita ... [et al.] -- ch. 13. Pharmacological potential of phlorotannins from marine brown algae / BoMi Ryu and Se-Kwon Kim -- ch. 14. Microalgae as sources of biomaterials and pharmaceuticals / Kyong-Hwa Kang and Se-Kwon Kim -- ch. 15. Marine ascidians : a promising resource for bioactive compounds / H. Abdul Jaffar Ali and M. Tamilselvi -- ch. 16. Chitosan and its derivatives for treatment of diabetic complications / Se-Kwon Kim and Fatih Karadeniz -- ch. 17. Alkaloids as pharmaceutical agents from marine fungi / Se-Kwon Kim and Yong-Xin Li -- ch. 18. Pharmacological effects and prospects of marine algae in promoting women's health and longevity / Se-Kwon Kim, Ratih Pangestuti, and A. B. Susanto -- ch. 19. Marine sponge-associated microbes : a source of biologically active metabolites / Se-Kwon Kim, Pradeep Dewapriya, and Yong-Xin Li -- ch. 20. Marine actinobacteria : a potential source of antifungal compounds / R. Vijayakumar, A. Panneerselvam, and N. Thajuddin -- ch. 21. Marine drugs : treatment for osteoporosis and related bone diseases / Jayachandran Venkatesan and Se-Kwon Kim -- ch. 22. Bioactive compounds from marine sources for gastrointestinal cancer treatment / Se-Kwon Kim and Mustafa Zafer Karagozlu -- ch. 23. Marine algae : pharmacological values and anti-inflammatory effects / Se-Kwon Kim, Thanh-Sang Vo, and Dai-Hung Ngo -- ch. 24. Marine microbial pharmacognosy : aspects and prospects / Se-Kwon Kim and Ira Bhatnagar -- ch. 25. Pharmacognosy prospects of marine algal derivatives in the management of skin inflammation / Se-Kwon Kim and Noel Vinay Thomas -- ch. 26. Antidiabetic effect of dieckol, a marine polyphenol, and its mechanisms of blood glucose regulation / Seung-Hong Lee and You-Jin Jeon -- ch. 27. Allergy and its remedies from marine sources / Ramjee Pallela ... [et al.] -- ch. 28. Anticancer mechanisms of actin depolymerization agent pectenotoxin-2 / Gi-Young Kim and Yung Hyun Choi -- ch. 29. Marine mucin : a prospective cosmetic and pharmaceutical / Se-Kwon Kim, Fatih Karadeniz, and Mustafa Zafer Karagozlu -- ch. 30. Neuropharmacological properties of marine plants / Suengmok Cho and Se-Kwon Kim -- ch. 31. Antiparasitic secondary metabolites from marine actinobacteria / D. Dhanasekaran, N. Thajuddin, and A. Panneerselvam -- ch. 32. Pharmaceutical aspect of metabolites from marine algae on skin health / Jung-Ae Kim and Se-Kwon Kim -- ch. 33. Clues for cancer from ocean-derived molecules and role of in silico techniques in anticancer drug discovery / G. Dicky John Davis, Veeresh Kumar Sali, and Hannah R. Vasanthi -- ch. 34. Anticancer compounds from marine microorganisms / Hee Jae Shin.