Antiviral Activity of the Marine Haptophyta <i>Diacronema lutheri</i>.

ABSTRACT: There are still several viral infections affecting a considerable number of the world's population, causing thousands of deaths each year. There are no drugs available for most viral infections and for many not even a vaccine. The marine kingdom is characterized by a huge chemical diversity; however, there is currently on the market only one drug derived from the sea with antiviral properties, called Ara-A. In the current study, we used a solid phase extraction method (SPE) to obtain pre-purified fractions from Diacronema lutheri raw extracts. We tested both raw extracts and fractions against enveloped and non-enveloped viruses. Results showed an antiviral activity of fraction C of D. lutheri against the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1 strain SC16). Liquid chromatography c

SUBMITTER: Montuori E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11766726 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature