Iranian Researchers Extract Medicinal Compounds from Aquatic Animals to Fight Viruses, Cancer
“So far, many projects and doctoral theses have been implemented to extract numerous medicinal compounds from aquatic animals against viral agents like bacteria, fungi, viruses, parasites, and cancer. the compounds were tested later on target organisms like shrimp. After the tests, significant results were obtained,” Head of Hormozgan Province’s Marine and Fisheries Technologies Research Center Flora Mohammadizadeh told ANA.
“We are making efforts to use these results to make effective drugs to control human diseases in cooperation with researchers in pharmaceutical and medicinal fields,” he added.
Iranian scientists have made great achievements in their studies on aquatic animals.
In a recent development, Iranian scientists at the University of Tehran used a scientific method to treat the wastewater of alcohol-making plants to produce food for aquatic animals.
Arash Javanshir, a faculty member of the Agriculture and Natural Resources Department University of Tehran, used a method based on performance of the particle capture system and treated wastewater and recycled water from the effluent resulted from alcohol production, and could treat the polluted wastewater of alcohol-producing plants to make food for aquatic animals.
“Treatment of this wastewater and the protein in the obtained sludge is not only suitable for the food diet of aquatic animals, but it will also lead to purification of water and returning it for reuse in plants and reduction of water consumption,” he said
Warning that the wastewater is harmful to plants and animals due to the existence of the hydrogen sulfide gas,” Javanshir said, adding if all plants use this system, they will help both in decreasing water and electricity consumption and keeping the environment clean.
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