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CM; The post sent me on a bit of a chase this morning!
Marine Medicinal Foods
(HSV-1 = herpes simplex.)
Se-Kwon Kim, ... Dai-Hung Ngo, in Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, 2011
” Subsequently, a polysaccharide from M. nitidum, rhamnan sulfate, was found to be effective against HSV-2 via blockade of virus adsorption and penetration steps onto host cell surface (Lee et al., 2010). Thus, it was indicated that some sulfated polysaccharides from green macroalgae not only inhibited the early stages of HSV replication, such as virus binding to and penetration into host cells, but also interfered with late steps of virus replication. Likewise, sulfated polysaccharide fraction isolated from the hot water extract of the green alga Caulerpa racemosa was regarded as a selective inhibitor of reference strains and TK− acyclovir-resistant strains of HSV-1 and HSV-2 in Vero cells, with EC50 values in the range of 2.2–4.2 μg/ml (Ghosh et al., 2004).”
Time to start adding Nori to your diet?
3.2 “Aonori” or green laver (Monostroma spp. and Enteromorpha spp.)
These two green seaweed genera are cultivated in Japan. Monostroma latissimum occurs naturally in the bays and gulfs of southern areas of Japan. It is a flat, leafy plant and only one cell thick. It contains 20% protein on average and has a useful vitamin and mineral content. The seaweed is washed well postharvest. It is then either processed into sheets and dried, as described for Porphyra, or dried and then boiled with sugar, soy sauce, and other ingredients to make “nori-jam.”
Nori;
Perhaps good for the endothelium, but lots of sodium so maybe not so much for blood pressure?