Review Article

Seaweed as a Source of Natural Antioxidants: Therapeutic Activity and Food Applications

Table 3

Seaweed with various antiviral compound and its function.

SeaweedAntiviral compoundFunctionReferences

Green seaweeds
Ulva lactuca (as Ulva fasciata)Sphingosine, N-palmitoyl-2-amino 1,3,4,5-tetyrahydroxyoctadecanePrevents from Semliki Forest virus (SFV)Garg et al. [85]
Halimeda tunaHalitunal (diterpene)Prevents from murine coronavirus A59Koehn et al. [86]
Caulerpa racemosaSulquinovosyldiacylglycerolPrevents from herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2)Wang et al. [87]
Monostroma latissinumRhamnan sulphateHSV-1, HCMV, HIV-1Lee et al. [88]

Brown seaweeds
Dictyota friabilis (formerly Dictyota pfaffii)Dollabelladiene derivative and 10,18-diacetoxy–8-hydroxy 2,6-dollabeladieneAnti-HSV-1 activity, inhibits HIV-1 reverse transcriptaseIreland and Faulknar [89]; Barbosa et al. [90]
Ecklonia cavaPhlorotannin derivatives (8,80-bieckol and 8,400-bieckol)Inhibits HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) and protease [34]Fukuyama et al. [91]
Adenocystis utricularisFucoidanHSV-1, HSV-2Ponce et al. [84]
Ishige okamuraeSulquinovosyldiacylglycerolPrevents from herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2)Wang et al. [87]
Leathesia marina (formerly Leathesia difformis)FucoidanHSV-1, HSV-2Feldman et al. [92]
Sargassum horneriFucoidanHSV-1, HCMV, HIV-1Hoshino et al. [93]
Fucus vesiculosusFucoidanHIVBéress et al. [94]
Silvetia compressa (formerly Pelvetia fastigiata)FucoidanHBVVenkateswaran et al. [95]

Red seaweeds
Gracilaria corticataSulphated agaransHSV-1, HSV-2Mazumdur et al. [96]
Chondracanthus tenellus (formerly Gigartina tenella)Sulquinovosyldiacylglycerol, a new sulfolipid KM043Potent inhibitor of eukaryotic DNA and HIV-l reverse transcriptase type 1Ohata et al. [97]
Laurencia venustaVenustatriol, thyrsiferol, and thyrsiferyl 23-acetatePrevents from vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) and herps simplex virus type 1 (HSV-l)Sakemi et al. [98]
Nothogenia fastigiataXylomannan and xylogalactanInhibits the multiplication of HSV-1 and HSV-2Domente et al. [82]
Gymnogongrus torulosusDL-hybrid galactansHSV-2, dengue virus 2Pujol et al. [99]
Bostrychia montagneiSulphated agaransHSV-1, HSV-2Duarte et al. [100]
Asparagopsis armataSulphated agaransHIV-1Haslin et al. [101]
Stenogramme interruptaCarrageenansHSV-1, HSV-2Cáceres et al. [102]
Cryptopleura ramosaSulphated agaransHSV-1, HSV-2Carlucci et al. [103]
Sarcopeltis skottsbergii (formerly Gigartina skottsbergii)Lambda-, kappa/iota-, and carrageenansHSV-1, HSV-2Carlucci et al. [104]; Carlucci et al. [105]
Pterocladiella capillaceaSulphated agarans and DL-hybrid galactansHSV-1, HSV-2, HCMVPujol et al. [106]
Agardhiella subulata (formerly Agardhiella tenera)Sulphated agaransHIV-2, HIV-2, HSV-1, HSV-2, HCMV, VSV, inf A, RSV, vaccinia, togaviruses, parainfluenza virusWitvrouw et al. [107]
Schizymenia dubyiSulphated galactans with uronic acidsHIV-1, HSV-1, HSV-2, VSVBourgougnon et al. [108]
Schizymenia pacificaLambda-carrageenanHIV-1, AMVNakashima et al. [109]