[Chemotherapeutic activity of bonafton in experimental herpetic keratitis in rabbits]

Bonaphthone (6-naphthoquinone-1,2) administered per os produces a prounced therapeutic effect in experimental herpetic keratitis of rabbits, induced by the virus of herpes simplex. With the topical appllication of bonaphthone in the form of an ointment the drug also produces a curative action in herpetic keratitis of rabbits. Combined application of bonaphthone locally and enterally in dealing with herpes in rabbits also acts beneficially, the same as its separate use.