ReviewAdvanced pharmaceutical bulletin2022
Lectins Are the Sparkle of Hope for Combating Coronaviruses and the Global COVID-19.
Review in Advanced pharmaceutical bulletin, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of herbal compounds on coronavirus; a systematic review and meta-analysis.Virology journal · 2022Pooled it
- Mannose-specific plant and microbial lectins as antiviral agents: A review.Glycoconjugate journal · 2024Review
- Harnessing the power of mollusc lectins as immuno-protective biomolecules.Molecular biology reports · 2024Review
- Fungal Diseases Caused by Serious Contamination of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices, and Rapid Fungal Detection Using Nano-Diagnostic Tools: A Critical Review.Current microbiology · 2023Review
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Authors and funding
2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Today the crisis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic represents a threatworldwide because it is a leading cause of human morbidity and mortality. Besides, it possessesa destroying impact on countries' economies. Therefore, there is an urgent need for hardresearch work and global collaboration to find a potential therapy. In this review, structuralgenomic variations in COVID-19 and further therapeutic options of Coronaviridae family orCOVID-19 are expressed. Lectins are natural proteins, which can exist in algae, higher plants,banana, actinomycetes, fungi, and archaea, and they have antiviral properties. Griffithsin lectin,isolated from red algae, has noteworthy efficacy against lethal SARS-CoV infection, humancoronaviruses, and other animal coronaviruses. Furthermore, all mannose-specific plant lectinshave anti-coronaviruses properties except for garlic lectins. However, lectins from mushroomscan act as immunomodulators by activating T-lymphocyte or stimulating dendrites or cytokines.The lectin may hinder glucans on viral spike protein and prevent entry and the virus's release.Lectin's anti-coronavirus activities include a glimmer of hope to tackle the global COVID-19crisis and inspire more scientific work on carbohydrate-binding agents against SARS-CoV-2.
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