Echinacea purpurea aerial parts contain multiple antiviral compounds

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 740-745

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HEXANE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; POLYACETYLENE DERIVATIVE; POLYSACCHARIDE; RED CLOVER EXTRACT; WATER;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; ECHINACEA PURPUREA; FLOWER; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM;

ASTERACEAE; ECHINACEA (ASTERACEAE); ECHINACEA PURPUREA; HELIANTHEAE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; RHINOVIRUS; SIMPLEXVIRUS; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 33644769054     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200500406354     Document Type: Article

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