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Inhibition of the multiplication of enveloped and non-enveloped viruses by glucosamine
R A Delgadillo1, D A Vanden Berghe
1Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium.
The Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology
|July 1, 1988
Abstract:
Glucosamine can inhibit the development of viral cytopathogenic effect and the production of infective viral particles of both enveloped and non-enveloped viruses. The extent of antiviral activity is dependent on drug concentration, composition of the culture medium and type of cell host.