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  3. Antiviral activity of betulin, betulinic and betulonic acids against some enveloped and non-enveloped viruses

Antiviral activity of betulin, betulinic and betulonic acids against some enveloped and non-enveloped viruses

  • Fitoterapia. 2003 Jul;74(5):489-92. doi: 10.1016/s0367-326x(03)00123-0.
N I Pavlova 1,  O V Savinova,  S N Nikolaeva,  E I Boreko,  O B Flekhter
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  • 1 Belarussian Research Institute for Epidemiology and Microbiology, 4 K Zetkin str, Minsk 220050, Belarus.
PMID: 12837369 DOI: 10.1016/s0367-326x(03)00123-0
Abstract

Antiviral properties of betulin, betulinic and betulonic acids were investigated in cell cultures infected with herpes simplex type I, influenza FPV/Rostock and ECHO 6 viruses. All studied Triterpenes were active against herpes simplex virus. Betulin and especially betulinic acid also suppressed ECHO 6 virus reproduction.

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