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Antiviral activity of aucubin against hepatitis B virus replication
Author(s) -
Chang IlMoo
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
phytotherapy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.019
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1573
pISSN - 0951-418X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1573(199705)11:3<189::aid-ptr67>3.0.co;2-r
Subject(s) - aucubin , in vitro , virology , iridoid , hepatitis b virus , viral replication , virus , glycoside , cytotoxicity , biology , chemistry , biochemistry , stereochemistry
Aucubin, an iridoid glycoside was found to suppress hepatitis B virus DNA replication in vitro in a 2.2.15 cell culture system. Aucubin itself did not exhibit antiviral activity, but it showed significant activity when preincubated with . Aucubin possesses no cytotoxicity at a broad range of concentrations in vitro . © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.