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Antiviral evaluation of plants from Brazilian Atlantic Tropical Forest.

Andrighetti-Fröhner CR, Sincero TC, da Silva AC, Savi LA, Gaido CM, Bettega JM, Mancini M, de Almeida MT, Barbosa RA, Farias MR, Barardi CR, Simões CM

Laboratório de Virologia Aplicada, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Campus Universitário Trindade, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.

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.

Published 31 May 2005 in Fitoterapia, 76(3): 374-8.
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