Virucidal activities of medium- and long-chain fatty alcohols, fatty acids and monoglycerides against herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2: Comparison at different pH levels

APMIS

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 58-65

  Hilmarsson, Hilmar ^a   Kristmundsdóttir, Thórdís ^a   Thormar, Halldor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Alcohols; Herpes simplex virus; Lipids; pH environment; Virucidal

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYL GROUP; DECANOIC ACID; DECANOL; FATTY ALCOHOL; GLYCEROL LAURATE; GLYCEROL OLEATE; GLYCEROL PALMITOLEATE; HEXADECANOL; HYDROXYL GROUP; LAURIC ACID; LAURYL ALCOHOL; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ALCOHOL; MEDIUM CHAIN FATTY ACID; MEDIUM CHAIN FATTY ALCOHOL; MONOACYLGLYCEROL; MONOCAPRIN; MONOMYRISTIN; MYRISTIC ACID; MYRISTYL ALCOHOL; OCTADECANOL; OCTANOIC ACID; OCTANOL; OLEIC ACID; OLEYL ALCOHOL; PALMITOLEIC ACID; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG FORMULATION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HYDROPHILICITY; LIPOPHILICITY; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; TIME; VIRUCIDAL ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DODECANOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ALCOHOLS; GLYCERIDES; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; VERO CELLS;

EID: 14144250725     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2005.apm1130109.x     Document Type: Article

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