Echinacea-A source of potent antivirals for respiratory virus infections

Pharmaceuticals

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1019-1031

  Hudson, James ^a   Vimalanathan, Selvarani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Antiviral; Echinacea; Phytomedicine; Respiratory infection; Respiratory viruses

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA EXTRACT; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; ECHINACEA PALLIDA EXTRACT; ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT; ECHINACEA SANGUINEA EXTRACT; INFLUENZA VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; OSELTAMIVIR; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS SIALIDASE;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL RESISTANCE; ANTIVIRAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; ECHINACEA; ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA; ECHINACEA PALLIDA; ECHINACEA PURPUREA; ECHINACEA SANGUINEA; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; RHINOVIRUS; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 80051618369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14248247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ph4071019     Document Type: Article

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