Marine compounds and their antiviral activities

Antiviral Research

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 231-240

  Yasuhara Bell, Jarred ^a   Lu, Yuanan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiviral activities; Marine compounds; Marine microorganisms

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ARABINOSYL NUCLEOSIDE DERIVATIVE; AVAROL; BETA CARBOLINE ALKALOID EUDISTOMIN; CALCIUM SPIRULAN; CLATHSTEROL; CRAMBESCIDIN 826; CYANOVIRIN N; CYTARABINE; DIDEMNAKETAL A; DIDEMNAKETAL B; DITERPENOID; FUCOIDIN; FURANOTERPENE; GALACTAN SULFATE; GRIFFITHSIN; LAMELLARIN; MACROLACTIN A; NAVICULAN; NEAMPHAMIDE A; POLYACETYLENETRIOL; POLYSACCHARIDE SULFATE A1; POLYSACCHARIDE SULFATE A2; SANSALVAMIDE A; SEA ALGAL EXTRACT; STACHYFLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VIDARABINE; WEINBERSTEROL A; WEINBERSTEROL B;

ALGA; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; CELL PROTECTION; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG TARGETING; FUNGUS; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IC 50; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MARINE BACTERIUM; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPONGE (PORIFERA); VIRUS REPLICATION;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; FUNGI; HUMANS; PORIFERA; SEAWATER;

EID: 77952675369     PISSN: 01663542     EISSN: 18729096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2010.03.009     Document Type: Review

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