Antiviral effect of aqueous extracts from species of the Lamiaceae family against Herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2 in vitro

Planta Medica

Volumn 72, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1378-1382

  Nolkemper, Silke ^a   Reichling, Jürgen ^a   Stintzing, Florian C ^b   Carle, Reinhold ^b   Schnitzler, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiviral activity; Herpes simplex virus; Lamiaceae; Melissa officinalis; Mentha x piperita; Plant extract; Prunella vulgaris; Rosmarinus officinalis; Salvia officinalis; Thymus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; LAMIACEAE EXTRACT; MELISSA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; PEPPERMINT; PLANT EXTRACT; PRUNELLA VULGARIS EXTRACT; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; SALVIA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; THYMUS VULGARIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; MENTHA PIPERITA; NONHUMAN; PRUNELLA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROSEMARY; SALVIA OFFICINALIS; THYME; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; LAMIACEAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES;

CITRUS LIMON; HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; LAMIACEAE; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; MENTHA X PIPERITA; PRUNELLA (ANGIOSPERM); PRUNELLA VULGARIS; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; SALVIA OFFICINALIS; SIMPLEXVIRUS; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 33846195836     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-951719     Document Type: Article

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