Antiviral activity of Bolivian plant extracts

Gen Pharmacol. 1999 Apr;32(4):499-503. doi: 10.1016/s0306-3623(98)00214-6.

Abstract

Ethanolic and aqueous extracts of seven plant species used in the traditional medicine of Bolivia have been tested for their antiviral activity against herpes simplex type I (HSV-1), vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), and poliovirus type 1. The aqueous extracts of most of the species investigated showed antiviral activity. Two of these plants-namely, Satureja boliviana and Baccharis genistelloides-were active against two different viruses-HSV-1 and VSV.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antiviral Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bolivia
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Cricetinae
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
  • Herpesvirus 1, Human / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
  • Poliovirus / drug effects
  • Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus / drug effects

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Plant Extracts