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. 2021 May 18;57:102331. doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2021.102331

Table 8.

Algae-derived compounds inhibit the viral replication cycle.

Compound Species classification Species Virus Activity Model Reference
Dolastatin 3 Cyanobacteria Lyngbya majuscula HIV-1 Anti-HIV-1 integrase N/A (enzyme assay) [182]
Macroalgae extracts Phaeophyceae
Phaeophyceae
Chlorophyta (1 species)
Phaeophyceae (8 species)
Rhodophyta (6 species)
Ecklonia cava, Ishige okamurae, Sargassum confusum
Sargassum hemiphyllum, Sargassum ringgoldianum
Various
HIV-1
HIV-1
HIV-1
Anti-HIV-1 integrase and RT
Anti-HIV-1 integrase
Anti-HIV-1 RT
N/A (enzyme assay)
N/A (enzyme assay)
N/A (enzyme assay)
[183]
[183]
[183]
8,8′-Bieckol Phaeophyceae Ecklonia cava HIV-1 Anti-HIV-1 RT, protease N/A (enzyme assay) [184]
DEHC Phaeophyceae Ishige okamurae HIV-1 Anti-HIV-1 integrase and RT N/A (enzyme assay) [185]
Diterpenes Phaeophyceae Dictyota menstrualis HIV-1 Anti-HIV-1 DNA synthesis, likely mediated by anti-RT activity In vitro (PM-1 from Hut78) [186]
Fucan, fucoidan, alginic acid Phaeophyceae Dictyota mertensii
Lobophora variegata
Spatoglossum schroederi
Fucus vesiculosus
HIV-1 Anti-HIV-1 RT N/A (enzyme assay) [187]
Alginate, ‘911’ Not reported Not reported HIV-1
HBV
Anti-HIV-1 RT
Anti-HBV DNA polymerase
In vitro (MT4)
HepG2215
[188]
Surveyed [173,183]
λ-Carrageenan Rhodophyta Schizymenia pacifica HIV Anti-HIV RT In vitro (MT-4), enzyme assays [191]
SQDG Rhodophyta Gigartina tenella HIV-1 Anti-HIV RT N/A (enzyme assay) [192]
Peyssonol A Rhodophyta Peyssonnelia sp. HIV-1 Anti-HIV-1/2 RT N/A (enzyme assay) [193]
Cyanobacterial extracts Cyanobacteria Nostoc, Phormidium, Oscillatoria, Chroococcus, Schizothrix, Aphanocapsa, Synechococcus, Aphanothece, Xenococcus AMV
HIV-1
Anti-RT N/A (enzyme assay) [194]
κ-Carrageenan oligosaccharide Rhodophyta Not reported IAV (H1N1) Inhibit RNA expression In vitro (MDCK) [94]
Phlorotannins Phaeophyceae Ecklonia cava PEDV Inhibit RNA/protein expression In vitro (Vero) [119]
dsRNA Chlorophyta Chlamydomonas reinhardtii YHV RNAi In vivo (Penaeus vannamei) [195]