caa a22 4500 605499942 CHVBK 20210128100553.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00253-015-6518-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00253-015-6518-0 Marine lectins and their medicinal applications [Elektronische Daten] [Randy Cheung, Jack Wong, Wenliang Pan, Yau Chan, Cuiming Yin, Xiuli Dan, Tzi Ng] Marine organisms have been extensively explored for the last several decades as potential sources of novel biologically active compounds, and extensive research has been conducted on lectins. Lectins derived from marine organisms are structurally diverse and also differ from those identified from terrestrial organisms. Marine lectins appear to be particularly useful in some biological applications. They seem to induce negligible immunogenicity because they have a relatively small size, are more stable due to extensive disulfide bridge formation, and have high specificity for complex glyco-conjugates and carbohydrates instead of simple sugars. It is clear that many of them have not yet been extensively studied when compared with their terrestrial counterparts. Marine lectins can be used to design and develop new potentially useful therapeutic agents. This review encompasses recent research on the isolation and identification of marine lectins with potential value in medicinal applications. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015 Anti-inflammatory nationallicence Antimicrobial nationallicence Antinociceptive nationallicence Antitumor nationallicence Antiviral nationallicence Lectins nationallicence Marine organisms nationallicence Cheung Randy School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China aut Wong Jack School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China aut Pan Wenliang School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China aut Chan Yau School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China aut Yin Cuiming School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China aut Dan Xiuli School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China aut Ng Tzi School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China aut Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Springer Berlin Heidelberg 99/9(2015-05-01), 3755-3773 0175-7598 99:9<3755 2015 99 253 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-015-6518-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 review-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-015-6518-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cheung Randy School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wong Jack School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pan Wenliang School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chan Yau School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yin Cuiming School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dan Xiuli School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ng Tzi School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Springer Berlin Heidelberg 99/9(2015-05-01), 3755-3773 0175-7598 99:9<3755 2015 99 253