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Can Sulphated Polysaccharides from Seaweed Provide Prophylactic And/or Therapeutic Solution to COVID-19 Pandemic?


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1 Veraval Research Center of ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Veraval 362 269, India
2 ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin 682 029, India
 

The novel Coronavirus or severe acute respiratory syndrome virus or SARS-CoV-2 has spread throughout the world in a very short period. Till date, there is no approved medicine or pharmaceuticals product found to be effective against COVID-19. Sulphated polysaccharides from seaweed possess antiviral, antiinflammatory, anticoagulant, antinociception, antitumor, antiallergic and immunological activities which can be useful to fight Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.
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  • Can Sulphated Polysaccharides from Seaweed Provide Prophylactic And/or Therapeutic Solution to COVID-19 Pandemic?

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Authors

Ashish Kumar Jha
Veraval Research Center of ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Veraval 362 269, India
Suseela Mathew
ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin 682 029, India
C. N. Ravishankar
ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin 682 029, India

Abstract


The novel Coronavirus or severe acute respiratory syndrome virus or SARS-CoV-2 has spread throughout the world in a very short period. Till date, there is no approved medicine or pharmaceuticals product found to be effective against COVID-19. Sulphated polysaccharides from seaweed possess antiviral, antiinflammatory, anticoagulant, antinociception, antitumor, antiallergic and immunological activities which can be useful to fight Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv119%2Fi2%2F172-174