Mechanism of antiviral activity of triterpenoid saponins

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 323-328

  Simoes C M O ^a   Amoros, M ^b   Girre, L ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Antiviral activity; Herpes virus type 1; Mechanism of action; Triterpenoid saponins

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; SAPONIN; TRITERPENOID; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA REPLICATION; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SAPONINS; TRITERPENES; VERO CELLS;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; HERPES; HERPES VIRUS TYPE 1; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; MIRIDAE;

EID: 0032988131     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199906)13:4<323::AID-PTR448>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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