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25-Mar-2021 By Guan Yu Lim - South Korean supplement brand Mannas is eyeing an expansion into Singapore, Taiwan and Japan with its dietary supplements for diabetes and obesity, which contain its brown marine algae extract functional ingredient, derived from Ecklonia cava.

In 2013, it was reported that dieckol (a component of MOP™) suppresses viral replication of the SARS coronavirus by targeting an essential enzyme present in all coronaviruses. The target enzyme, called 3CL^pro, is a current target for anti-COVID-19 drug discovery.