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ReviewMarine drugs2021

Antiviral Activity of Carrageenans and Processing Implications.

Milena Álvarez-Viñas, Sandra Souto, Noelia Flórez-Fernández, Maria Dolores Torres, Isabel Bandín, Herminia Domínguez

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Review in Marine drugs, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Carrageenan-Acyclovir Complex and Its Liposomal Form.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  5. In Vitro Antiviral Activity of Red Algae Extracts fromTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2026
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  11. Marine drugs · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Milena Álvarez-ViñasCINBIO, Faculty of Science, Universidade de Vigo, Campus Ourense, As Lagoas, 32004 Ourense, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5799-7978
Sandra SoutoDepartamento de Microbioloxía e Parasitoloxía, Instituto de Acuicultura, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Noelia Flórez-FernándezCINBIO, Faculty of Science, Universidade de Vigo, Campus Ourense, As Lagoas, 32004 Ourense, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2666-2315
Maria Dolores TorresCINBIO, Faculty of Science, Universidade de Vigo, Campus Ourense, As Lagoas, 32004 Ourense, Spain.
Isabel BandínDepartamento de Microbioloxía e Parasitoloxía, Instituto de Acuicultura, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1947-5933
Herminia DomínguezCINBIO, Faculty of Science, Universidade de Vigo, Campus Ourense, As Lagoas, 32004 Ourense, Spain.

Funding

Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Ordenación Universitaria, Xunta de Galicia ED431G2019/06Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación RTI2018-096376-B-100
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carrageenan and carrageenan oligosaccharides are red seaweed sulfated carbohydrates with well-known antiviral properties, mainly through the blocking of the viral attachment stage. They also exhibit other interesting biological properties and can be used to prepare different drug delivery systems for controlled administration. The most active forms are λ-, ι-, and κ-carrageenans, the degree and sulfation position being determined in their properties. They can be obtained from sustainable worldwide available resources and the influence of manufacturing on composition, structure, and antiviral properties should be considered. This review presents a survey of the antiviral properties of carrageenan in relation to the processing conditions, particularly those assisted by intensification technologies during the extraction stage, and discusses the possibility of further chemical modifications.

Indexed as

SeaweedAntiviral AgentsAquatic OrganismsCarrageenanHumansPhytotherapyAntiviral AgentsCarrageenandepolymerizationextractionred seaweedsulfated polysaccharides

Identifiers

PMID34436276
PMCPMC8400836

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