Table 3 Effects of C. kessleri, N. punctiforme, S. obliquus and C. reinhardtii extracts obtained with the basic extraction protocol on CyHV-3 replication.

From: Inhibitory properties of crude microalgal extracts on the in vitro replication of cyprinid herpesvirus 3

Species

Concentration, mgde mL−1

Cell viability, %

Reduction of DNA, orders of magnitude (%)

Reduction of virus titer, orders of magnitude (%)

C. kessleri

9.9

105

0.4 (60)

0.5 (68)

N. punctiforme

1.1

86

1.6 (98)

1.4 (96)

S. obliquus

0.4

90

0.6 (75)

1.0 (90)

C. reinhardtii

0.6

96

0.7 (80)

2.2 (> 99)

  1. Reduction of viral DNA copy number and virus titer was analyzed at concentrations at which cell viability was only slightly affected.
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