Antiviral triterpenoids from the medicinal plant Schefflera heptaphylla

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 466-470

  Li, Yaolan ^a   Jiang, Renwang ^b   Ooi, Linda S M ^b   But, Paul P H ^b   Ooi, Vincent E C ^b  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antiviral activity; Cox B3; Flu A; RSV; Schefflera heptaphylla; Triterpenoids

Indexed keywords

28 O ALPHE LEVO RHAMNOPYRASONYL (1-4) O BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSYL (1-6) BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; 3 ALPHA HYDROXYLUP 20(29) ENE 23,28 DIOIC ACID; 3 EPI BETULINIC ACID 3 O SULFATE; PLANT EXTRACT; PYRANOSIDE; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXSACKIE VIRUS B3; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; FRACTIONATION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PETIOLE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ARALIACEAE; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; TRITERPENES;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS; SCHEFFLERA HEPTAPHYLLA;

EID: 34248229611     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1962     Document Type: Article

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