7th IAAA Conference, Knysna, South Africa April 17, 1996. Calcium Spirulan, an inhibitor of enveloped virus replication, from a blue-green alga Spirulina. This polysaccharide was composed of rhamnose, ribose, mannose, fructose, galactose, xylose, glucose, glucuronic acid, galacturonic acid, sulfate and calcium. It was revealed that Ca-SP selectively inhibited the penetration of virus into host cells.
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