Mushroom polysaccharides: chemistry and antiobesity, antidiabetes, anticancer, and antibiotic properties in cells, rodents, and humans

M Friedman - Foods, 2016 - mdpi.com
More than 2000 species of edible and/or medicinal mushrooms have been identified to date,
many of which are widely consumed, stimulating much research on their health-promoting …

[HTML][HTML] A concise review of mushrooms antiviral and immunomodulatory properties that may combat against COVID-19

K Arunachalam, SP Sasidharan, X Yang - Food Chemistry Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 as a pandemic on
March 11, 2020, because of its widespread transmission and infection rates. The unique …

Classification, structure and mechanism of antiviral polysaccharides derived from edible and medicinal fungus

Y Guo, X Chen, P Gong - International Journal of Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
The deficiency of chemical-synthesized antiviral drugs when applied in clinical therapy, such
as drug resistance, and the lack of effective antiviral drugs to treat some newly emerging …

Antiviral agents from fungi: diversity, mechanisms and potential applications

R Linnakoski, D Reshamwala, P Veteli… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Viral infections are amongst the most common diseases affecting people worldwide. New
viruses emerge all the time and presently we have limited number of vaccines and only few …

Lectins purified from medicinal and edible mushrooms: Insights into their antiviral activity against pathogenic viruses

YA El-Maradny, EM El-Fakharany… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
For thousands of years, fungi have been a valuable and promising source of therapeutic
agents for treatment of various diseases. Mushroom is a macrofungus which has been …

Current antivirals and novel botanical molecules interfering with herpes simplex virus infection

DM Álvarez, E Castillo, LF Duarte, J Arriagada… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Herpes simplex viruses type 1 (HSV-1) and type 2 (HSV-2) are highly prevalent within the
human population and are characterized by lifelong infections and sporadic recurrences …

[HTML][HTML] A review: Natural polysaccharides from medicinal plants and microorganisms and their anti-herpetic mechanism

Z Liu, F Niu, Y Xie, S Xie, Y Liu, Y Yang, C Zhou… - Biomedicine & …, 2020 - Elsevier
The infections caused by Herpes simplex viruses (HSV-1 and-2) are seriously endangering
the health of all human beings. Once infected with these two viruses, it will cause life-long …

Advances in antiviral polysaccharides derived from edible and medicinal plants and mushrooms

X He, J Fang, Q Guo, M Wang, Y Li, Y Meng… - Carbohydrate …, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•PsEMPM inhibit the infection via interfering with a few steps in the virus life
cycle.•PsEMPM improve the host immune responses to accelerate the process of viral …

Functional foods and nutraceuticals

C Egbuna, G Dable-Tupas - Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020 - Springer
Formulations and Innovations, presents scientific information on the importance of functional
foods to human health and the probable mechanisms of nutraceuticals in the prevention …

Antiviral strategies using natural source-derived sulfated polysaccharides in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic and major human pathogenic viruses

B Ray, I Ali, S Jana, S Mukherjee, S Pal, S Ray… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Only a mere fraction of the huge variety of human pathogenic viruses can be targeted by the
currently available spectrum of antiviral drugs. The severe acute respiratory syndrome …