Complex sentence: Thousands of sponge derived secondary metabolites have been successfully isolated from sponges, with many metabolites having cytotoxic, anti-inflammatory and anti-viral activity having significant implications within the pharmaceutical industry as a means of generating novel therapeutics.
Split into simpler sentences: Thousands of sponge derived secondary metabolites have been successfully isolated from sponges, with many metabolites having potential medicinal properties, such as cytotoxicity, anti-inflammatory and anti-viral activit. Therefore, they have significant potential within the pharmaceutical industry as a means of generating novel therapeutics.