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- There is a growing need for eco-friendly antifouling agents to replace harmful chemicals used in combating biofouling, driven by heightened awareness of environmental protection.
- Recent advancements have been made in utilizing natural product extracts from marine microorganisms and terrestrial plants as potential antifouling agents over the past five years.
- The paper explores the relationship between the molecular structures of these natural compounds and their antifouling effectiveness, suggesting new compounds and strategies for enhancing the performance of environmentally safe coatings.
Article Abstract
With the increasing awareness of environmental protection, it is necessary to develop natural product extracts as antifouling (AF) agents for alternatives to toxic biocides or metal-based AF paints to control biofouling. This paper briefly summarizes the latest developments in the natural product extracts and their derivatives or analogues from marine microorganisms to terrestrial plants as AF agents in the last five years. Moreover, this paper discusses the structures-activity relationship of these AF compounds and expands their AF mechanisms. Inspired by the molecular structure of natural products, some derivatives or analogues of natural product extracts and some novel strategies for improving the AF activity of protective coatings have been proposed as guidance for the development of a new generation of environmentally friendly AF agents.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10533101 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma16186190 | DOI Listing |
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