Open AccessAspidosperma subincanum II. Usefulness of uleine and ribonucleic fragments in the treatment of AIDS patients
Author(s) -
Dominique Maes,
Roland Maes
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
revista brasileira de farmacognosia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.432
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1981-528X
pISSN - 0102-695X
DOI - 10.1016/j.bjp.2014.11.011
Subject(s) - aspidosperma , stavudine , apocynaceae , medicine , nucleic acid , lamivudine , traditional medicine , immunology , pharmacology , biology , biochemistry , virus , hepatitis b virus , indole test
Aids patients were treated during a year with three different food supplements commercially available: para-pau-aspido (Aspidosperma subincanum Mart. ex A. DC., Apocynaceae); 2Leid (nucleic acids and cytokines); and Para Immuno (propolis, pollen and royal jelly). All foods, given either alone or in combination, proved useful to all AIDS patients who received the supplements, be these under tri-therapy (Triomine: stavudine, lamivudine, névirapine) or left unattended