Screening of Australian medicinal plants for antiviral activity

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 163-172

  Semple, S J ^a   Reynolds, G D ^a   O'Leary, M C ^b   Flower, R L P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b State Herbarium   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antiviral; Australian plants; Ethnobotany; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ABORIGINE; ALPHA VIRUS; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DNA VIRUS; DRUG SCREENING; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS 1; RNA VIRUS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; CELL LINE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031915292     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(97)00152-9     Document Type: Article

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