Sargassum horneri polysaccharide extract

A seaweed extract.

Phase of research

Potential treatment - pre-clinical evidence

How it helps

Antiviral

Drug status

Natural product

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Clinical trials

Sargassum horneri polysaccharide extract is a crude polysaccharide extract rich in fucose and branched polysaccharides (Yim et al., 2021).

Link	Tested on	Impact factor	Notes	Publication date
Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 Virus Entry by the Crude Polysaccharides of Seaweeds and Abalone Viscera In Vitro Polysaccharide In vitro Mixed substance	HEK293/ACE2 cells; SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus	5.12	The extract inhibited SARS-CoV-2 Spike-pseudotyped virus cell entry in vitro with an IC50 of 12 μg/ml.	Apr/15/2021