Antiviral activity in vitro of Cupressus sempervirens on two human retroviruses HIV and HTLV

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 367-368

  Amouroux, Pierre ^a   Jean, Daniel ^b   Lamaison, Jean Louis ^c  

^a ZAC du Pra de Serre   (France)

^b Laboratoire de la Rodde   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Anti HIV activity; Anti HTLV activity; Cupressus sempervirens; Procyanidin polymers

Indexed keywords

CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS; PHYTOTHERAPY; POLYMERIZATION; TOXICITY TESTING;

CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS;

EID: 0031846756     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199808)12:5<367::AID-PTR301>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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