Antiviral activity of aloe extracts against cytomegalovirus

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 348-350

  Saoo, K ^a   Miki, H ^a   Ohmori, M ^a   Winters, W D ^b  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aloe barbadensis Miller; cytomegalovirus; DNA synthesis; flow cytometry; morphometry; plaque inhibition test

Indexed keywords

DNA; EMODIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DNA SYNTHESIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT;

EID: 0029882540     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199606)10:4<348::AID-PTR836>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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