Antiviral activity in vitro of two preparations of the herbal medicinal product Sinupret® against viruses causing respiratory infections

Phytomedicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Glatthaar Saalmuller B ^a,b   Rauchhaus, U ^c   Rode, S ^c   Haunschild, J ^c   Saalmuller A ^b  

^a Labor Dr Glatthaar   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c Bionorica SE ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiviral activity; Dry extract; Oral drops; Rhinosinusitis; Sinupret

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; RIBAVIRIN; SINUPRET;

ADENOVIRUS 5; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXSACKIE VIRUS A; COXSACKIE VIRUS A9; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRY EXTRACT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN RHINOVIRUS; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; NONHUMAN; ORAL DROPS; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS ENVELOPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DNA VIRUSES; FLOWERS; GENTIANA; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PRIMULA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RNA VIRUSES; RUMEX; SAMBUCUS; VERBENA;

ADENOVIRIDAE; COXSACKIEVIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; GENTIANA; HUMAN RHINOVIRUS 14; HUMAN RHINOVIRUS B; PRIMULA; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS; SUS; VERBENA;

EID: 82755161804     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: 1618095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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