Antiviral composition comprising a sulfated polysaccharide
AssigneeMarinomed Biotechnologie GmbH
InventorsAndreas GRASSAUER, Eva PRIESCHL-GRASSAUER
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AssigneeMarinomed Biotechnologie GmbH
InventorsAndreas GRASSAUER, Eva PRIESCHL-GRASSAUER
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The present invention provides for the use of iota- and/or kappa-carrageenan for the manufacture of an antiviral pharmaceutical composition for the prophylaxis or treatment of a pathological condition or disease caused by or associated with an infection by a respiratory virus selected from the group consisting of orthomyxovirus, paramyxovirus, adenovirus and coronavirus, The present invention further provides for the use of fucoidan, in particular of high molecular weight fucoidan, for the manufacture of an antiviral pharmaceutical composition for the prophylaxis or treatment of a pathological condition or disease caused by or associated with an infection by a respiratory virus selected from the group consisting of orthomyxovirus and paramyxovirus.
A method of prophylactic or therapeutic treatment of a symptom, condition or disease caused by or associated with an infection by a respiratory virus selected from the group consisting of paramyxovirus, human influenza A virus, and adenovirus of subtype B, comprising administering to a subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising iota-carrageenan as an antiviral active ingredient in an antiviral effective amount.
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