Antiviral activities of medicinal plants of southern Nepal

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-104

  Taylor, R S L ^a   Hudson, J B ^a   Manandhar, N P ^b   Towers, G H N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b National Herbarium Plant Lab   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Antiviral; Ethnobotany; Herpes simplex virus; Nepal; Photosensitizers; Poliovirus; Sindbis virus

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG POTENCY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; LIGHT; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; SINDBIS VIRUS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIRUS INACTIVATION;

EID: 0030222230     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-8741(96)01430-4     Document Type: Article

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