Hepatitis C virus and natural compounds: A new antiviral approach?

Viruses

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2197-2217

  Calland, Noémie ^a   Dubuisson, Jean ^a   Rouillé, Yves ^a   Séron, Karin ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Direct acting antivirals; Flavonoids; Hepatitis C virus; Natural molecules

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXY CARUILIGNAN C; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; APIGENIN; BIOFLAVONOID; CORILAGIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FLAVONOID; HEPATITIS C VACCINE; HONOKIOL; INTERFERON; LADANEIN; LUTEOLIN; NARINGENIN; NATURAL PRODUCT; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4A; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5B; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA PLUS RIBAVIRIN; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; QUERCETIN; RIBAVIRIN; SILIBININ; SILYBUM MARIANUM EXTRACT; SILYMARIN; TELAPREVIR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG USE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IC 50; LIFE CYCLE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FLAVONES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIGNANS; LIVER; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SILYMARIN; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRUS ATTACHMENT; VIRUS INTERNALIZATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 84868095935     PISSN: 19994915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v4102197     Document Type: Review

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