Secondary Metabolites from the Red Seaweeds Plocamium Species

Abstract

The red seaweeds Plocamium species are generally distributed around the world and continuously produce potential secondary metabolites. This review intends to show typical secondary metabolites from Plocamium from 1984 to present focusing on methods of isolation, structure determination, and biological activity where possible. Monoterpenes are the major isolated secondary metabolites from Plocamium.