Antiviral activities in extracts of Turkish medicinal plants

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 171-175

  Hudson, J B ^a   Lee, M K ^a   Sener, B ^b   Erdemoglu, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antiviral; Galanthus elwesii; Herpes simplex virus; Leucojum aestivum; Rheum ribes; Sindbis virus; Turkish plants

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN;

GALANTHUS ELWESII; HERPES; LEUCOJUM AESTIVUM; RHEUM; RHEUM RIBES; RIBES; SIMPLEXVIRUS; SINDBIS VIRUS;

EID: 0033859580     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/1388-0209(200007)3831-SFT171     Document Type: Article

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