ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2024
Lysozyme: A Natural Product with Multiple and Useful Antiviral Properties.
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- Insect I-Type Lysozymes Function as Antiviral Proteases by Forming Biomolecular Condensates.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Effects of dietary lysozyme supplementation on growth performance, intestinal morphology, immune function, antioxidant capacity, and gut microbiota in broilers.Poultry science · 2025Article
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- An Interdisciplinary Study of Lysozyme Interactions with Hexacyanoferrate(III)/(II) Ions.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- From Nutrition to Innovation: Biomedical Applications of Egg Components.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Pharmacological and therapeutic effects of natural products on liver regeneration-a comprehensive research.Chinese medicine · 2025Review
- Study of Lysozyme Activity in Bird Egg Whites by Fluorescence Polarization Assay Using Chitooligosaccharide Tracer.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Transient Expression of Hen Egg White Lysozyme (EWL) inLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Immune Modulatory Effects of Vitamin D on Herpesvirus Infections.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- The Role of Gut Microbiota in the Modulation of Pulmonary Immune Response to Viral Infection Through the Gut-Lung Axis.Journal of inflammation research · 2025Review
- Human milk whey proteins: Constituents, influencing factors, detection methods, and comparative analysis with other sources.Food chemistry: X · 2025Review
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Abstract
Lysozyme, especially the one obtained from hen's egg white, continues to show new pharmacological properties. The fact that only a few of these properties can be translated into therapeutic applications is due to the lack of suitable clinical studies. However, this lack cannot hide the evidence that is emerging from scientific research. This review for the first time examines, from a pharmacological point of view, all the relevant studies on the antiviral properties of lysozyme, analyzing its possible mechanism of action and its ability to block viral infections and, in some cases, inhibit viral replication. Lysozyme can interact with nucleic acids and alter their function, but this effect is uncoupled from the catalytic activity that determines its antibacterial activity; it is present in intact lysozyme but is equally potent in a heat-degraded lysozyme or in a nonapeptide isolated by proteolytic digestion. An analysis of the literature shows that lysozyme can be used both as a disinfectant for raw and processed foods and as a drug to combat viral infections in animals and humans. To summarize, it can be said that lysozyme has important antiviral properties, as already suspected in the initial studies conducted over 50 years ago, and it should be explored in suitable clinical studies on humans.
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