Investigation of medicinal plants of Togo for antiviral and antimicrobial activities

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 40-45

  Anani, K ^a   Hudson, J B ^b,d   De Souza, C ^a   Akpagana, K ^a   Tower, G H N ^b   Arnason, J T ^c   Gbeassor, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOMÉ   (Togo)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d Heather Pavilion ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Antiviral; Herpes simplex virus; Medicinal plants; Pollovirus; Sindbis virus; Togo

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG SELECTIVITY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; SINDBIS VIRUS; TOGO;

ADANSONIA DIGITATA; CONYZA; CONYZA AEGYPTIACA; HERPES; PALISOTA; PALISOTA HIRSUTA; POLIOVIRUS; SIMPLEXVIRUS; SINDBIS VIRUS;

EID: 0034120794     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/1388-0209(200001)38:1;1-B;FT040     Document Type: Article

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