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. 2021 May 3;505:108326. doi: 10.1016/j.carres.2021.108326

Table 1.

Sulfated polysaccharide from different sources and their mode of virus inhibition.

S.No Name of the Polysaccharide and Organism Sources Virus Inhibition mechanism Type of Virus References
1 Carrageenan Acanthophora specifira
Hydroclathrus clathratus
Marine red alga
Brown alga
Inhibition of propagation Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and Rift valley fever virus (RVFV) [104]
2 Grateloupia filicina Marine macroalga Inhibition of viral entry Avian Influenza Virus (H9N2 subtype) [105]
3 Ascophyllan
A-Fucoidan
S- Fucoidan
Ascophyllum nodosum
Fucus vesiculosus F8190
Marine brown algae Inhibition of early step of viral infection Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) and vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV)-G-pseudotyped HIV-1 [106]
4 Sulfated rhamnan
Monostroma latissimum
Marine green alga Inhibition of invasion, replication and reduction of viral titers Enterovirus 71 (EV71) [107]
5 Sargassum naozhouense Brown macroalga Not specified Herpes simplex virus HSV-1 strain F [108]
6 Erylus discophorus Marine Sponge Prevention of viral attachment and entry Human immunodeficiency virus HIV-1 [109]
7 Laminaria angustata Marine brown alga Inhibition of virus attachment Herpes simplex virus HSV-1 [110]
8 Fucoidan and alginate
Eisenia arborea Solieria filiformis
Brown and red macroalga Inhibition of virus penetration and reduction of syncytia formation Measles virus [111]
9 Porphyridium cruentum Marine microalga Inhibition of virus entry Vaccinia virus and Vesicular stomatitis virus [112]
10 Glucuronorhamnan
Monostroma nitidum
Green macroalga Prevention of adsorption and blocking of the virus life cycle Enterovirus 71 (EV71) [113]
11 Grateloupia indica, Scinaia hatei Gracilaria corticata
Stoechospermum marginatum Cystoseira indica
Caulerpa racemosa
Red, brown and green macroalgae Prevention of adsorption and internalization Dengue virus (DENV) [114]
12 Fucoidan
Cladosiphon okamuranus
Brown alga Inhibition of syncytia formation and cell-to-cell spread of NDV Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV) [115]
13 P-KG03
Gyrodinium impudium
Marine red microalga Prevention of viral adsorption and internalization Influenza type A virus [99]
14 Sphaerococcus coronopifolius
Boergeseniella thuyoides
Marine red algae Inhibition of replication HIV and HSV-1 [116]
15 Fucosylated chondroitin sulfate (FuCS-1)
Thelenota ananas
Sea cucumber Blocking entry and replication HIV strains [117]
16 Fucans
Ascophyllum nodosum
Fucus vesiculosus
Brown macroalgae Inhibition of adsorption and blocking fusion events Influenza A/PR/8/34 virus
H1N1 virus
[118]
17 Ulvan
Enteromorpha compressa
Green alga Inhibition of adsorption and penetration HSV [119]
18 Fucoidan
Sargassum swartzii
Marine brown algae Reverse transcriptase inhibition activity HIV-1 [120]
19 Xylomannan sulfate
Sebdenia polydactyla
Red macroalga Inhibition of replication and direct virucidal activity HSV-1 [121]
20 Ulvan
Ulva pertusa
Marine green alga Inhibition of infection and replication Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) [122]
21 Calcium spirulan
Arthrospira platensis
Marine blue-green alga Inhibition of virus entry HSV-1
HIV-1
[123]
22 Nostoflan
Nostoc flagelliforme
Blue-green alga Inhibition of virus binding to host cells HSV-1 and HSV-2, human cytomegalovirus, and influenza A virus [124]
23 A1 and A2
Cochlodinium polykrikoides
Marine red microalga Not specified HIV-1, influenza virus types A and B, respiratory syncytial virus types A and B [125]
24 Mucopolysaccharide (OKU40)
Dinoflagellata
Sulfated polysaccharide (OKU41)
Pseudomonas
Marine algae and marine bacteria Inhibition of virus-cell fusion and viral adsorption.
Suppression of syncytium formation.
Inhibition of binding of HIV-1 to cells
HIV-1 and HIV-2
HSV-herpes simplex virus type 1, influenza virus A and B, respiratory syncytial virus and measles virus
[126]
25 Fucoidan
Dictyota bartayesiana (DD)
Turbinaria decurrens
Marine brown macroalgae Inhibition of propagation and proliferation HIV [127]
26 Polyguluronate sulfate Marine brown algae Inhibition of protein expression and transcription Hepatitis B virus [128]
27 Sulfated chitosan 36S Artificially synthesized (fungi and shrimps) Inhibition of viral entry and adsorption Human papillomavirus [129]
28 Iota-Carrageenan Red macroalga Prevention of virus binding, entry and replication Human rhinovirus (HRV) [130]
29 Agarans and carrageenan
Acanthophora muscoides
Gracila riabirdiae
Solieria filiformis
Macroalgae Inhibition of virus adsorption and early viral replication HSV-1 and HSV-2 [103]
30 λ-carrageenan Red Macroalgae Inhibition of virus entry during both primary and antibody-dependent infection DENV serotypes [131]