Bryozoans as a source of new antiparasitic compounds: A systematic review

effective vaccinations and chemotherapy.Marine ecosystem has a higher biodiversity compared to the land that provides numerous resources to human societies (Hill and Fenical, 2010).In order to create novel medicines, invertebrates inhabiting the sea are increasingly being used for screening bioactive marine natural products (MNPs) (Hill and Fenical, 2010).According to Hu et al. (2011) marine invertebrates constitute the source of around 75% of the roughly 20,000MNPs isolated from all marine animals.Invertebrates inhabiting marine environment are