Plant extracts antiviral activity against Herpes simplex virus type 1 and African swine fever virus

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 12-16

  Silva, O ^a   Barbosa, S ^b   Diniz, A ^c   Valdeira, M L ^b   Gomes, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

African swine fever virus (ASFV); Antiviral activity; Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV 1); Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 21544442326     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.35.1.12.13264     Document Type: Article

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