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. 2020 Nov 11:11:596374.
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.596374. eCollection 2020.

Can Algal Derived Bioactive Metabolites Serve as Potential Therapeutics for the Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 Like Viral Infection?

Ankita Bhatt  1 , Pratham Arora  2 , Sanjeev Kumar Prajapati  1
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Can Algal Derived Bioactive Metabolites Serve as Potential Therapeutics for the Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 Like Viral Infection?

Ankita Bhatt et al. Front Microbiol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; antiviral; microalgae; seaweed; sulphated polysaccharides.

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Algal antiviral metabolites (a) phycocyanobilin; (b) lectin; (c) fucoidan (a representative SP); (d) SPs-mediated humoral activation; (e) activation of host cellular immune response by SPs; (f) SPs-driven inhibition of virus entry/attachment to the host cell receptor.
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