Antiviral properties of a crude extract from a green alga Caulerpa taxifolia (Vahl) C. Agardh

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 245-247

  Nicoletti, E ^a   Della Pieta', F ^a   Calderone, V ^a   Bandecchi, P ^a   Pistello, M ^a   Morelli, I ^a   Cinelli, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiviral activity; Caulerpa taxifolia; Crude extract; FIV; Green algae

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CHLOROFORM; GAG PROTEIN; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; GREEN ALGA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNCYTIUM; VIRUS CAPSID;

ALGAE, GREEN; ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CATS; CELL LINE; GENE PRODUCTS, GAG; GIANT CELLS; HIV-1; IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, FELINE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS;

ALGAE; CAULERPA AGARDH; CAULERPA TAXIFOLIA; CHLOROPHYTA; FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MIRIDAE;

EID: 0032918668     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199905)13:3<245::AID-PTR424>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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