In vitro anti-herpetic activity of an aqueous extract from the plant Phyllanthus orbicularis

Phytomedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 960-966

  Álvarez, Ángel L ^a   del Barrio, Gloria ^a   Kourí, Vivian ^b   Martínez, Pedro A ^b   Suárez, Belén ^c   Parra, Francisco ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^c Área de Cultivos Hortofrutícolas y Forestales   (Spain)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antiviral; Cytomegalovirus; Ethnomedicine; HSV; Phyllanthus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; PHYLLANTHUS ORBICULARIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG MECHANISM; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; IN VITRO STUDY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHYLLANTHUS; PHYLLANTHUS ORBICULARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ACYCLOVIR; ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PHYLLANTHUS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; VERO CELLS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EUPHORBIACEAE; HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5; PHYLLANTHUS ORBICULARIS; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 69949137648     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2009.03.023     Document Type: Article

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