| Literature DB >> 29102716 |
Qimin Shi1, Anjian Wang1, Zhonghua Lu2, Chunjun Qin1, Jing Hu3, Jian Yin4.
Abstract
Marine polysaccharides are attracting increasing attention in medical and pharmaceutical development because of their important biological properties. The seaweed polysaccharides have now become a rich resource of potential antiviral drugs due to their antiviral activities against various viruses. The structural diversity and complexity of marine polysaccharides and their derivatives contribute to their antiviral activities in different phases of many different viral infection processes. This review mainly introduces the different types of seaweed polysaccharides and their derivatives with potent antiviral activities. Moreover, the antiviral mechanisms and medical applications of certain marine polysaccharides from seaweeds are also demonstrated.Entities:
Keywords: Antiviral activity; Antiviral mechanism; Marine polysaccharides; Structures
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Year: 2017 PMID： 29102716 DOI： 10.1016/j.carres.2017.10.020
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Carbohydr Res ISSN： 0008-6215 Impact factor: 2.104