TY - JOUR JF - ISMJ JO - Iran South Med J VL - 24 IS - 5 PY - 2021 Y1 - 2021/11/01 TI - Persian Gulf Bivalves: Bioactive Pharmaceutical Compounds and Biomedical Applications TT - دو کفه‌ای‌های خلیج‌فارس: ترکیبات زیست فعال دارویی و کاربردهای زیست پزشکی N2 - Bivalves are a class of marine mollusks with high nutritional value in addition to various medicinal products. The Persian Gulf is home to 224 species from 29 families of bivalves identified so far. Based on research conducted in the Persian Gulf or other parts of the world, bioactive compounds exist in their shell and soft tissue. In this review article, we reviewed biomedical research related to bivalves. To this end, after classifying the species in the Persian Gulf, articles related to the evaluation of biomedical applications of bivalves in reputable journals in PubMed and Google Scholar databases were included in this study. Research has shown the presence of antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, anti-cancer, and anti-microbial compounds in bivalves. They have also been used to produce bioadhesives. Many studies have also used them as biomarkers for monitoring environmental pollution. Due to the species diversity of the Persian Gulf and the biomedical potentials of bivalves, more purposeful and practical research is needed for the production and extraction of medical and health products. SP - 481 EP - 504 AU - Dehghan, Nilofar AU - Ghazi, Seyed Payam AU - Zendehboudi, Toba AU - Mohajer, Fatemeh AU - Afshar, Ali Reza AU - Kharadmehr, Arezo AU - Alamasi-Turk, Sahar AU - Tamadon, Amin AD - The Persian Gulf Marine Biotechnology Research Center, The Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran KW - Bivalves KW - Pharmaceutical bioactive compounds KW - Biomedicine KW - Persian Gulf UR - http://ismj.bpums.ac.ir/article-1-1517-en.html DO - 10.52547/ismj.24.5.481 ER -