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Antiviral activity of Bolivian plant extracts
M J Abad1, P Bermejo, E Gonzales
1Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
General Pharmacology
|May 14, 1999
Abstract:
Ethanolic and aqueous extracts of seven plant species used in the traditional medicine of Bolivia have been tested for their antiviral activity against herpes simplex type I (HSV-1), vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), and poliovirus type 1. The aqueous extracts of most of the species investigated showed antiviral activity. Two of these plants-namely, Satureja boliviana and Baccharis genistelloides-were active against two different viruses-HSV-1 and VSV.