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Article: Korean seaweed extracts show antiviral activity.(Brief Article)
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- AIDS Weekly
- Article date:
- March 17, 2003
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2003 MAR 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Agents derived from Korean seaweed species have been found to inhibit HIV activity.
"Forty-seven species of marine macroalgae from the coast of Korea have been screened for the presence of inhibitory compounds" targeting key HIV enzymes, according to a recent study from South Korea.
"One of four Chlorophyta, 8 of 17 Phaeophyta and 6 of 26 Rhodophyta showed inhibitory activity against HIV-1 reverse transcriptase," M. J. Ahn and coauthors at Seoul National University reported.
Furthermore, study data showed that "five species (Ecklonia cava, Ishige okamurae, Sargassum confusum, Sargassum hemiphyllum, ...