| Literature DB >> 15890472 |
C R Andrighetti-Fröhner1, T C M Sincero, A C da Silva, L A Savi, C M Gaido, J M R Bettega, M Mancini, M T R de Almeida, R A Barbosa, M R Farias, C R M Barardi, C M O Simões.
Abstract
The antiviral activity of six medicinal plants from Brazilian Atlantic Tropical Forest was investigated against two viruses: herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and poliovirus type 2 (PV-2). Cuphea carthagenensis and Tillandsia usneoides extracts showed the best antiherpes activity. T. usneoides dichloromethane, ethyl acetate and n-butanol extracts, and Lippia alba n-butanol extract showed inhibition of HSV-1, strain 29R/acyclovir resistant. In addition, only L. alba ethyl acetate extract showed antipoliovirus activity. These results corroborate that medicinal plants can be a rich source of potential antiviral compounds.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID： 15890472 DOI： 10.1016/j.fitote.2005.03.010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Fitoterapia ISSN： 0367-326X Impact factor: 2.882