Anti-herpesvirus activity of an extract of Ribes nigrum L.

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 609-613

  Suzutani, Tatsuo ^a,b   Ogasawara, Masahiro ^a   Yoshida, Itsuro ^a   Azuma, Masanobu ^a   Knox, Yoko M ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti herpesvirus activity; Herpes simplex virus; Ribes nigrum L.; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; BLACK CURRANT EXTRACT; KUROKARIN; SAMBUCUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLACK CURRANT; CELL; CELL MEMBRANE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; EUROPE; FOOD; HERBAL MEDICINE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SAMBUCUS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS ADSORPTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CELL LINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FRUIT; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RIBES;

HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; RIBES NIGRUM; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0038125498     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1207     Document Type: Article

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