Table 6.
Biomedical potential of red algae lectins
| Red algae | Biomedical application/s | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Acrocystis nana | Anti-cancer | Anam et al. (2017b) |
| Amansia multifida | Anti-nociceptive | Neves et al. (2007) |
| Bryothamnion seaforthii | Anti-cancer | Conrado et al. (2012) |
| Pro-healing | Nascimento-Neto et al. (2012) | |
| B. triquetrum | Anti-cancer | Nascimento et al. (2015) |
| Carpopeltis flabellata | Mitogenic | Hori et al. (1987) |
| Eucheuma serra | Anti-influenza | Sato et al. (2015) |
| Anti-cancer | Sugahara et al. (2001), Hayashi et al. (2012) | |
| Anti-bacterial | Liao et al. (2003) | |
| Mitogenic | Kawakubo et al. (1997) | |
| Galaxaura marginata | Anti-bacterial | Liao et al. (2003) |
| Gracilaria bursa-pastoris | Mitogenic | Okamoto et al. (1990) |
| G. cornea | Acaricidal | Lima et al. (2005) |
| G. fisheri | Anti-bacterial | Boonsri et al. (2017) |
| G. tikvahiae | Mitogenic | Bird et al. (1993) |
| G. verrucosa | Mitogenic | Bird et al. (1993) |
| Griffithsia sp. | Anti-human immunodeficiency virus | Mori et al. (2005), Emau et al. (2007), O’Keefe et al. (2009), Micevicz et al. (2010), Moulaei et al. (2010), Alexandre et al. (2011), Ferir et al. (2011), Kouokam et al. (2011), Xue et al. (2012), Hoorelbeke et al. (2013), Nixon et al. (2013), Xue et al. (2013), Barton et al. (2014), Moulaei et al. (2015), Barton et al. (2016), Kouokam et al. (2016) |
| Anti-herpes simplex virus-2 | Nixon et al. (2013), Levendosky et al. (2015) | |
| Anti-human papillomavirus | Levendosky et al. (2015) | |
| Anti-hepatitis C virus | Meuleman et al. (2011), Takebe et al. (2013) | |
| Anti-Japanese encephalitis activity | Ishag et al. (2013), Ishag et al. (2016) | |
| Anti-Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus | Millet et al. (2016) | |
| Anti-SARS coronavirus | O’Keefe et al. (2010) | |
| Halosaccion glandiforme | Anti-cancer | Perdhana (2017) |
| Hypnea cervicornis | Anti-nociceptive and anti-inflammatory potential | Nascimento et al. (2006), Bitencourt et al. (2008) |
| Anti-hypernociceptive potential | Figueiredo et al. (2010) | |
| Anti-cancer | Okuyama et al. (2009) | |
| H. musciformis | Anti-fungal | Melo et al. (1997) |
| Kappaphycus alvarezii | Anti-influenza | Sato et al. (2011), Sato et al. (2015) |
| Anti-human immunodeficiency virus | Hirayama et al. (2016) | |
| Pterocladiella capillacea | Anti-nociceptive and anti-inflammatory | Silva et al. (2010), Abreu et al. (2012) |
| Solieria filiformis | Anti-nociceptive and anti-inflammatory | Abreu et al. (2012), Abreu et al. (2016) |
| Antibacterial | Holanda et al. (2005) | |
| Anti-cancer | Chaves et al. (2017) | |
| S. robusta | Mitogenic | Hori et al. (1988a) |
| Tichocarpus crinitus | Mitogenic | Molchanova et al. (2010) |