Characterization of antiviral activities in Echinacea root preparations

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 790-796

  Hudson, Jim ^a   Vimalanathan, Selvarani ^a   Kang, Linda ^a   Amiguet, Virginie Treyvaud ^b   Livesey, John ^b   Arnason, J Thor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alkamides; Antiviral; Caffeic; Colds; Echinacea; Flu; Herpes simplex virus; Influenza virus; Rhinovirus

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; AMIDE; CAFFEIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CICHORIC ACID; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; ECHINACEA PALLIDA ANGUSTIFOLIA EXTRACT; ECHINACEA PALLIDA PALLIDA EXTRACT; ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; ECHINACEA; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; RHINOVIRUS;

ANIMALIA; ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; ECHINACEA PALLIDA; ECHINACEA PURPUREA; HUMAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; RHINOVIRUS; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 33644761775     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200500408491     Document Type: Article

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