The Anti-Viral Applications of Marine Resources for COVID-19 Treatment: An Overview
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Marine Natural Polymer: Inorganic Polyphosphate for COVID-19 Treatment
3. Promising Compounds from Marine Algae, Bacteria, Sponges, and Fish for COVID-19 Treatment
4. Promising Advantages and Limitations of Marine Resources
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Marine Compound | Source | Mechanism of Action |
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Inorganic polyphosphate (polyP) [21,22,24,25] | Marine sponges, bacteria (ex. Cyanobacterium synepchcoccus) |
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Lambda-carrageenan [43] | Marine algae |
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Terphenyllin Tirandamycin A [29] | Scleractinia associated organisms |
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Phlorotannins (17 molecules) [30] | Sargassum spinuligerum brown algea |
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Five Marine compounds (C19H40O3, C16H30O2, C22H32O4, C21H26O3, C31H30Br6N4O11) [31] | Aplysindae Sponge, soft coral Pterogorgia citrina Petrosia strongylophora sp. |
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Phycocyanobilins (PCB) [32,33] | Cyanobacteria, algae rhodophytes |
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Sulfated Polysaccharides [34,35,44,45] | Cyanobacteria, brown algae (Saccharina japonica) |
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Bromotyrosines [40,41,46,47] | Marine sponges |
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Chicago/Turabian StyleGeahchan, Sarah, Hermann Ehrlich, and M. Azizur Rahman. 2021. "The Anti-Viral Applications of Marine Resources for COVID-19 Treatment: An Overview" Marine Drugs 19, no. 8: 409. https://doi.org/10.3390/md19080409