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Antiviral activity of African medicinal plants
N Beuscher1, C Bodinet, D Neumann-Haefelin
1Schaper and Brümmer, Salzgitter, Germany.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
|April 1, 1994
Abstract:
Plants from Africa and Mauritius with a history of use in traditional medicine have been investigated for their antiviral activities. Extracts were tested against poliovirus, herpes simplex virus and rhinovirus in plaque reduction assays. Their general toxicity and effects on interferon production were also studied.