Antiviral properties of extract of Opuntia streptacantha

Antiviral Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 75-85

  Ahmad, A ^a   Davies, J ^a   Randall, S ^a   Skinner, G R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; OPUNTIA STREPTACANTHA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; DNA VIRUS; EQUINE HERPES VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HORSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PSEUDORABIES HERPETOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RNA VIRUS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALIA; CACTACEAE; DNA VIRUSES; EQUIDAE; EQUINE HERPESVIRUS 1; EQUUS CABALLUS; HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPETOVIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA STREPTACANTHA; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; SIMPLEXVIRUS; SUID HERPESVIRUS 1; SYNCYTIAL VIRUS;

EID: 0029979051     PISSN: 01663542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-3542(95)00839-X     Document Type: Article

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