Abstract
Marine diterpenes are an important category of secondary metabolites derived from marine sources, found in a variety of marine animals, plants, and fungi. The increasing diversity of diterpene compounds, along with their unique chemical structures and specific biological activities, have attracted widespread attention. These activities include anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antitumor, antibacterial effects, and therapeutic actions against cancer, with many already developed into clinical drugs. Additionally, as marine medicinal resources continue to be exploited over the long term, the natural resources of many marine diterpene compounds are diminishing, and the biosynthesis of key active components has become a hot topic of research. In this review, we summarize diterpene compounds discovered in the ocean over the past five years, reclassify these compounds, and summarize their structures, biological activities, biosynthesis, and potential applications of marine diterpenoids from 2019 to 2024. This review can provide a reference for the basic research and potential applications of marine-derived diterpene compounds.