Chapter 7. Promising Antiviral Glyco-Molecules from an Edible Alga

  1. Paul F. Torrence
  1. Toshimitsu Hayashi1,
  2. Kyoko Hayashi1,
  3. Kenji Kanekiyo1,
  4. Yuko Ohta1,
  5. Jung-Bum Lee1,
  6. Minoru Hashimoto2,
  7. Takahisa Nakano2

Published Online: 14 MAR 2007

DOI: 10.1002/9780470179727.ch7

Book Title

Combating the Threat of Pandemic Influenza: Drug Discovery Approaches

Combating the Threat of Pandemic Influenza: Drug Discovery Approaches

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How to Cite

Hayashi, T., Hayashi, K., Kanekiyo, K., Ohta, Y., Lee, J.-B., Hashimoto, M. and Nakano, T. (2007) Promising Antiviral Glyco-Molecules from an Edible Alga, in Combating the Threat of Pandemic Influenza: Drug Discovery Approaches (ed P. F. Torrence), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/9780470179727.ch7

Editor Information

  1. Northern Arizona University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA

Author Information

  1. 1

    Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan

  2. 2

    Riken Vitamin Co., Ltd., 32-9-28 Misaki-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8370, Japan

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 14 MAR 2007
  2. Published Print: 7 SEP 2007

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470118795

Online ISBN: 9780470179727

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Keywords:

  • in vitro anti-influenza virus fucoidan activity;
  • fucoidan effects on immune system;
  • fucoidan and oseltamivir in virus replication inhibition

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • In Vitro Anti-Influenza Virus Activity of Fucoidan

  • Effects of Fucoidan on Immune System

  • In Vitro Effects of the Combination of Fucoidan and Oseltamivir

  • In Vivo Effects of Fucoidan in Influenza Virus-Infected Animals

  • Summary and Conclusions

  • References

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