Evaluation of the antioxidant and antiviral actions of herbal preparations: Rovital and Carciverin V (C1983)

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 152-155

  Aruoma, Okezie I ^a   Halliwell, Barry ^a   Mahmood, Naheed ^b   Burke, Andrew ^b   Greenspan, Howard C ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Antiviral agents; Carciverin (C1983); Free radicals; Lipid peroxidation; Phytochemicals; Plant extracts; Rovital

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; C 1983; CARCIVERIN V; CARNOSIC ACID; COPPER; ELASTASE; GALLIC ACID PROPYL ESTER; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LIPOSOME; PHENANTHROLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PLANT EXTRACT; ROVITAL; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIDOVUDINE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG COMPARISON; DRUG TOXICITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LIPID PEROXIDATION; PHARMACOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0029939315     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199603)10:2<152::AID-PTR794>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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