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Author(s) -
Abad M. J.,
Guerra J. A.,
Bermejo P.,
Irurzun A.,
Carrasco L.
Publication year - 2000
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 - 10.1002/1099-1573(200012)14:8<604::aid-ptr678>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - nepeta , vesicular stomatitis virus , traditional medicine , medicinal plants , biology , herpes simplex virus , virology , virus , botany , medicine , lamiaceae
In the course of our search for plant natural products as antiviral agents, extracts of ten plants from the Iberian Peninsula were tested for antiviral activity against herpes simplex type I (HSV‐ 1), vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) and poliovirus type 1. Aqueous extracts of five of these medicinal plants, namely Nepeta nepetella (150–500 µg/mL), Nepeta coerulea (150–500 µg/mL), Nepeta tuberosa (150–500 µg/mL), Dittrichia viscosa (50–125 µg/mL) and Sanguisorba minor magnolii (50–125 µg/mL), showed a clear antiviral activity against two different DNA and RNA viruses, i.e. HSV‐1 and VSV. Only the medicinal plant Dittrichia viscosa was active against an additional virus, poliovirus type 1. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.