{"title":"Inhibition of herpes simplex virus type 1 by aqueous extracts from leaves of Helichrysum litoreum Guss.","authors":"C Guarino, R Sciarrillo","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Helichrysum litoreum Guss, a Campania medicinal plant reported to have antibacterial properties, was evaluated for antiviral activity against herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) in vitro. The crude aqueous extract from leaves of Helichrysum litoreum at a concentration of 1.35 mg/ml (ww/v) showed significant antiviral activity on HSV-1 in human lung fibroblast as demonstrated by the absence of a cytopathic effect.</p>","PeriodicalId":9085,"journal":{"name":"Bollettino chimico farmaceutico","volume":"142 6","pages":"242-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2003-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Bollettino chimico farmaceutico","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Helichrysum litoreum Guss, a Campania medicinal plant reported to have antibacterial properties, was evaluated for antiviral activity against herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) in vitro. The crude aqueous extract from leaves of Helichrysum litoreum at a concentration of 1.35 mg/ml (ww/v) showed significant antiviral activity on HSV-1 in human lung fibroblast as demonstrated by the absence of a cytopathic effect.