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. 2017 Mar 18;142:37–54. doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2017.03.007

Table 1.

Reported antiviral Activities of bacteria-derived antiviral lectins.

Lectin Source Activity (nM) Cytotoxicity References
Actinohivin Longisporum albid K97-0003 HIV (2–110) No (Chiba et al, 2001, Chiba et al, 2004, Matoba et al, 2010)
Cyanovirin Nostoc ellipsosporum HIV-1 (0.1–160), HIV-2 (2–33), SIV (11–160), HCV (0.6–7.6), HSV-1 (61.82–205), Influenza A and B (0.46–118), Ebola (40–154), & MARV (6–25) Yes (Boyd et al, 1997, Gustafson et al, 1997, Balzarini et al, 2006, Witvrouw et al, 2005, Alexandre et al, 2010, Barrientos et al, 2003, O'Keefe et al., 2003, Kachko et al, 2013, Helle et al, 2006, Takebe et al, 2013, Tsai et al, 2004, Tsai et al, 2003)
Microvirin Microcystis aeruginosa PCC7806 HIV (1.8–167) Yes (Shahzad-ul-Hussan et al, 2011, Kehr et al, 2006, Huskens et al, 2010)
MVL Microcystis viridis NIES-102 HIV & HCV (14–37) Yes (Williams et al, 2005, Kachko et al, 2013, Yamaguchi et al, 1999, Bewley et al, 2004)
Scytovirin Scytonema varium HIV (0.3–187), Ebola (41), HCV (3.2–96), & MARV (260) No (Bokesch et al, 2003, Alexandre et al, 2010, Xiong et al, 2006a, Xiong et al, 2006b, Jensen et al, 2014, Garrison et al, 2014)
OAA Oscillatoria agardhii NIES-204 HIV (12) Yes (Sato et al, 2000, Sato et al., 2007, Koharudin et al, 2012)
PFA Pseudomonas fluorescens HIV (15) Unk (Koharudin et al., 2012)
MBHA Myxococcus xanthus HIV (12) Unk (Koharudin et al., 2012)
BOA Burkholideria oklahomensis EO147 HIV (10–24) Unk (Whitley et al., 2013)

Unk - Unknown.