Antiviral activities in plants endemic to Madagascar

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-39

  Hudson, J B ^a   Lee, M K ^a   Rasoanaivo, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Heather Pavilion ^*

Author keywords

Antivirals; Herpes simplex virus; Madagascar; Malagasy plants; Photosensitizer; Sindbis virus

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; MADAGASCAR; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; SINDBIS VIRUS; VERO CELL;

CYNOMETRA; CYNOMETRA CLOISELII; CYNOMETRA MADAGASCARIENSIS; EVONYMOPSIS; EVONYMOPSIS LONGIPES; HERPES; RAVENSARA; RAVENSARA RETUSA; RETUSA; SIMPLEXVIRUS; SINDBIS VIRUS; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA MONOCEROS;

EID: 0034107191     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/1388-0209(200001)3811-BFT036     Document Type: Article

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