Antiviral activity of South Brazilian medicinal plant extracts
| Autor: | M. Amoros, Miriam Falkenberg, Cláudia Maria Oliveira Simões, L. Girre, Eloir Paulo Schenkel, L. Auler Mentz |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Trixis
food.ingredient Cell Survival viruses Pharmaceutical Science Microbial Sensitivity Tests medicine.disease_cause Antiviral Agents food Chlorocebus aethiops Drug Discovery medicine Animals Poliovirus type Medicinal plants Vero Cells Pharmacology Cunila biology Plant Extracts Poliovirus biology.organism_classification Virology Herpes simplex virus Complementary and alternative medicine Vesicular stomatitis virus Viruses Vero cell Molecular Medicine Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Phytomedicine. 6:205-214 |
| ISSN: | 0944-7113 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0944-7113(99)80010-5 |
| Popis: | Brazilian plants are potential sources of useful edible and medicinal plants. Hydromethanolic extracts prepared from 54 medicinal plants used in folk medicine to treat infections were screened for antiviral properties against five different viruses (HSV-1, HSV-2, poliovirus type 2, adenovirus type 2 and VSV). Fifty-two percent of the plant extracts exhibited antiviral against one or more tested viruses. More specifically, 42.6% showed activity against HSV-1 (herpes simplex virus type 1), 42.6% against HSV-2 (herpes simplex virus type 2), 26% against poliovirus and 24% against VSV (vesicular stomatitis virus). None of the extracts was active against adenovirus. Trixis praestans (Vell.) Cabr. and Cunila spicata Benth. extracts were further characterized for antiviral activity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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