Evaluation of some medicinal plants as putative HIV-protease inhibitors

Indian Drugs

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 24-28

  Rege, A A ^a   Chowdhary, A S ^a  

^a Haffkine Institute for Training Research and Testing India   (India)

Author keywords

Anti HIV; HIV protease (PR); Mangroves; Medicinal plants; Pepsin assay

Indexed keywords

AVICENNIA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; CD4 ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; PEPSIN A; PLANT EXTRACT; RHIZOPHORA MUCRONATA EXTRACT; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA OFFICINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG SCREENING; IN VITRO STUDY; MANGROVE; MEDICINAL PLANT; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RHIZOPHORA MUCRONATA; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 84889689314     PISSN: 0019462X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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