Abstract
The following review covers the primary literature concerning marine natural products
isolated for the first time from organisms collected around the islands of Hawaii
published in the 51-year period 1964 to July 2015. The review is divided into seven
main sections based on major taxonomic groupings; algae, sponges, mollusks, miscellaneous
invertebrates, cyanobacteria, bacteria, and fungi. The aim of the review is to discuss
the compounds and information concerning their original biological activity and other
potentially interesting properties. The majority of the 320 structures of isolated
compounds are not shown directly in the review but are contained in the Supporting
Information section in 22 figures, Figs. 1 S–22 S. The Supporting Information section also contains Table 1 S that has information relating to the taxonomic identification of the source organism
of each compound, collection location of the source organism, a trivial or semi-systematic
name for each compound, as well as its general structural class. The authors hope
that this review will be the spawning ground for other reviews and the basis for a
great deal more research into the marine life found in Hawaiian waters.
Key words
Hawaii - marine - natural products - algae - sponges - cyanobacteria - bacteria -
fungi