Antiviral activities of some Ethiopian medicinal plants used for the treatment of dermatological disorders

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 182-187

  Gebre Mariam, T ^a   Neubert, R ^b   Schmidt, P C ^c   Wutzler, P ^d   Schmidtke, M ^d  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acokanthera schimperi; Africa; Antiviral; Euclea schimperi; Inula confertiflora; Medicinal plants; Melilotus elegans; Plumbago zeylanica

Indexed keywords

ACOKANTHERA SCHIMPERI EXTRACT; EUCLEA SCHIMPERI EXTRACT; INULA CONFERTIFLORA EXTRACT; MELILOTUS ELEGANS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACOKANTHERA SCHIMPERI; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXSACKIE VIRUS B3; DRUG EFFICACY; ETHIOPIA; EUCLEA SCHIMPERI; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INULA CONFERTIFLORA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELILOTUS ELEGANS; NONHUMAN; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHIOPIA; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SKIN DISEASES;

ACOKANTHERA; APOCYNACEAE; ASTERACEAE; COXSACKIEVIRUS; EBENACEAE; EUCLEA (ANGIOSPERM); FABACEAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZAVIRUS A; INULA CONFERTIFLORA; MELILOTUS ELEGANS; PLUMBAGINACEAE; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 32544438302     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.08.071     Document Type: Article

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