Inhibition of HIV-1 replication by an aqueous extract of Spirulina platensis (Arthrospira platensis)

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-12

  Ayehunie, Seyoum ^a   Belay, Amha ^b   Baba, Timothy W ^a,c   Ruprecht, Ruth M ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Earthrise Farms   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthrospira platensis extract; HIV 1 replication inhibition; Primary cells

Indexed keywords

ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; LANGERHANS CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ARTHROSPIRA PLATENSIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; RNA VIRUSES; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 0032079796     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199805010-00002     Document Type: Article

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