Anti-HIV-1 activities of aerial parts of Ocimum basilicum and its parasite Cuscuta campestris

Journal of Antivirals and Antiretrovirals

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 57-61

  Behbahani, Mandana ^a   Mohabatkar, Hassan ^a   Soltani, Mohammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antiviral activity; Eugenol; HIV 1; Real time PCR assay

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; CUSCUTA CAMPESTRIS EXTRACT; CUSCUTA EXTRACT; EUGENOL; OCIMUM BASILICUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CUSCUTA CAMPESTRIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; OCIMUM BASILICUM;

EID: 84879321744     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4172/jaa.1000064     Document Type: Article

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