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Mark T. Hamann is affiliated with the Medical University of South Carolina in the United States. Their research activity is primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a substantial focus on related subfields such as Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Biotechnology, Immunology, and Plant Science.

The scientist has contributed notably to the study of Marine Sponges and Natural Products as well as to Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis. Other areas of research include Bone Metabolism and Diseases, Advanced Glycation End Products research, Natural product bioactivities and synthesis, Chemical synthesis and alkaloids, and Pharmacological Effects of Medicinal Plants.

Mark T. Hamann's frequent publication venues reflect a concentration in natural products and chemical research, including:

  • Journal of Natural Products
  • Marine Drugs
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • The Journal of Antibiotics

Their collaborative work includes partnerships with several scientists who have co-authored multiple papers, such as:

  • Yeun-Mun Choo (23 co-authored publications)
  • George S. Hanna (13)
  • Xiaojuan Wang (11)
  • Menny M. Benjamin (8)
  • Ze-Yu Zhao (7)

Selected recent papers that illustrate the scope of their research are:

  • The Marine Natural Product Manzamine A Inhibits Cervical Cancer by Targeting the SIX1 Protein, 2020, Journal of Natural Products
  • Forrestiacids­A and­B, Pentaterpene Inhibitors of ACL and Lipogenesis: Extending the Limits of Computational NMR Methods in the Structure Assignment of Complex Natural Products, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Role of symbiosis in the discovery of novel antibiotics, 2020, The Journal of Antibiotics
  • Recent advances and limitations in the application of kahalalides for the control of cancer, 2022, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
  • Isolation and Synthesis of Veranamine, an Antidepressant Lead from the Marine Sponge Verongula rigida, 2020, Journal of Natural Products

Best Publications

  • Marine indole alkaloids: potential new drug leads for the control of depression and anxiety

    Anna J. Kochanowska-Karamyan;Mark T. Hamann

  • Lamellarins and related pyrrole-derived alkaloids from marine organisms.

    Hui Fan;Jiangnan Peng;Mark T. Hamann;Jin-Feng Hu

  • Marine natural products and their potential applications as anti-infective agents.

    Marwa Donia;Mark T Hamann

  • Indole alkaloid marine natural products: an established source of cancer drug leads with considerable promise for the control of parasitic, neurological and other diseases.

    Waseem Gul;Mark T. Hamann

  • Marine natural products as novel antioxidant prototypes.

    Satoshi Takamatsu;Tyler W. Hodges;Ira Rajbhandari;William H. Gerwick

  • Marine pharmacology in 2005–6: Marine Compounds with Anthelmintic, Antibacterial, Anticoagulant, Antifungal, Anti-inflammatory, Antimalarial, Antiprotozoal, Antituberculosis, and Antiviral Activities; affecting the Cardiovascular, Immune and Nervous Systems, and other Miscellaneous Mechanisms of Action

    Alejandro M.S. Mayer;Abimael D. Rodríguez;Roberto G.S. Berlinck;Mark T. Hamann

  • Kahalalide F: a bioactive depsipeptide from the sacoglossan mollusk Elysia rufescens and the green alga Bryopsis sp

    Mark T. Hamann;Paul J. Scheuer

  • Kahalalides: Bioactive Peptides from a Marine Mollusk Elysia rufescens and Its Algal Diet Bryopsis sp.(1).

    Hamann Mt;Otto Cs;Scheuer Pj;Dunbar Dc

  • In vivo antimalarial activity of the beta-carboline alkaloid manzamine A

    Kenny K. H. Ang;Michael J. Holmes;Tatsuo Higa;Mark T. Hamann

  • Marine Natural Products as Antituberculosis Agents

    Khalid A El Sayed;Piotr Bartyzel;Xiaoyu Shen;Tony L Perry

  • Marine Pharmacology in 2000: Marine Compounds with Antibacterial, Anticoagulant, Antifungal, Anti-inflammatory, Antimalarial, Antiplatelet, Antituberculosis, and Antiviral Activities; Affecting the Cardiovascular, Immune, and Nervous Systems and Other Miscellaneous Mechanisms of Action

    Alejandro M. S. Mayer;Mark T. Hamann

  • Polyether ionophores: broad-spectrum and promising biologically active molecules for the control of drug-resistant bacteria and parasites.

    Dion A Kevin;Damaris Af Meujo;Mark T Hamann

  • Marine pharmacology in 2001--2002: marine compounds with anthelmintic, antibacterial, anticoagulant, antidiabetic, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, antimalarial, antiplatelet, antiprotozoal, antituberculosis, and antiviral activities; affecting the cardiovascular, immune and nervous systems and other miscellaneous mechanisms of action.

    Alejandro M.S. Mayer;Mark T. Hamann

  • New Manzamine Alkaloids with Activity against Infectious and Tropical Parasitic Diseases from an Indonesian Sponge

    Karumanchi V. Rao;Bernardo D. Santarsiero;Andrew D. Mesecar;Raymond F Schinazi

  • New manzamine alkaloids with potent activity against infectious diseases.

    K. A. El Sayed;M. Kelly;U. A. K. Kara;K. K. H. Ang

  • Marine pharmacology in 2003-4: marine compounds with anthelmintic antibacterial, anticoagulant, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, antimalarial, antiplatelet, antiprotozoal, antituberculosis, and antiviral activities; affecting the cardiovascular, immune and nervous systems, and other miscellaneous mechanisms of action.

    Alejandro M.S. Mayer;Abimael D. Rodríguez;Roberto G.S. Berlinck;Mark T. Hamann

  • Biogenetically diverse, bioactive constituents of a sponge, order Verongida: bromotyramines and sesquiterpene-shikimate derived metabolites

    Mark T. Hamann;Paul J. Scheuer;Michelle Kelly-Borges

  • Three New Manzamine Alkaloids from a Common Indonesian Sponge and Their Activity against Infectious and Tropical Parasitic Diseases

    Karumanchi V. Rao;Noer Kasanah;Subagus Wahyuono;Babu L. Tekwani

  • The expanding role of marine microbes in pharmaceutical development.

    Amanda L Waters;Russell T Hill;Allen R Place;Mark T Hamann

  • Manzamine B and E and ircinal A related alkaloids from an Indonesian Acanthostrongylophora sponge and their activity against infectious, tropical parasitic, and Alzheimer's diseases.

    Karumanchi V. Rao;Marwa S. Donia;Jiangnan Peng;Esther Garcia-Palomero

  • Dimerization of resveratrol by the grapevine pathogen Botrytis cinerea.

    Robert H. Cichewicz;Samir A. Kouzi;Mark T. Hamann

Frequent Co-Authors

Colin J. Limpus
Colin J. Limpus Queensland Government
Helene Marsh
Helene Marsh James Cook University
Mariana M. P. B. Fuentes
Mariana M. P. B. Fuentes Florida State University
Paul J. Scheuer
Paul J. Scheuer University of Hawaii at Manoa
Michelle R. Heupel
Michelle R. Heupel University of Tasmania
Tim S. Jessop
Tim S. Jessop Deakin University
MinKyun Na
MinKyun Na Chungnam National University
Mitchell A. Avery
Mitchell A. Avery University of Mississippi
Matthew H. Godfrey
Matthew H. Godfrey Duke University
Russell T. Hill
Russell T. Hill University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences

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