Medicinal plants of Tamil Nadu (Southern India) are a rich source of antiviral activities

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 422-429

  Vimalanathan, S ^a   Ignacimuthu, S ^b   Hudson, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antiviral; Clerodendrum inerme; Evolvulus alsinoides; Gymnema sylvestre; Leucas aspera; Medicinal plants; Pergularia daemia; Sphaeranthus indicus; Tamil Nadu

Indexed keywords

ABUTILON INDICUM EXTRACT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CASSIA ALATA EXTRACT; CLERODENDRUM INERME EXTRACT; CLITORIA TERNATEA EXTRACT; EVOLVULUS ALSINOIDES EXTRACT; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE EXTRACT; INDIGOFERA TINCTORIA EXTRACT; LEUCAS ASPERA EXTRACT; PERGULARIA DAEMIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SPHAERANTHUS INDICUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITEX TRIFOLIA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; CYTOTOXICITY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDIA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; RHINOVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINDBIS VIRUS; VESIVIRUS;

ABUTILON INDICUM; APOCYNACEAE; ASTERACEAE; CAESALPINIOIDEAE; CLERODENDRUM INERME; CLITORIA TERNATEA; CONVOLVULACEAE; CORONAVIRUS; EUPHORBIACEAE; EVOLVULUS ALSINOIDES; FABACEAE; FELINE CALICIVIRUS; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; INDIGOFERA TINCTORIA; LAMIACEAE; LEUCAS ASPERA; MALVACEAE; NOROVIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PERGULARIA DAEMIA; POLIOVIRUS; RHINOVIRUS; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SENNA ALATA; SIMPLEXVIRUS; SINDBIS VIRUS; SPHAERANTHUS INDICUS; VERBENACEAE; VITEX TRIFOLIA;

EID: 77149126449     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200902800196     Document Type: Article

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