Evaluation of antiviral activity of essential oil of Trachyspermum Ammi against Japanese encephalitis virus

Pharmacognosy Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 263-267

  Roy, Soumen ^a   Chaurvedi, Pratibha ^a   Chowdhary, Abhay ^a  

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

Author keywords

ajwain oil; Antiviral; cytotoxicity; Japanese encephalitis virus

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI ESSENTIAL OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY ASSAY; DRUG ISOLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MTT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PLAQUE REDUCTION NEUTRALIZATION TEST; TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI; VERO CELL LINE; VIRAL PLAQUE ASSAY;

EID: 84930719921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.157977     Document Type: Article

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