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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
pharmacology, toxicology and pharmaceutics
Activity of a methanolic extract of Zimbabwean Crinum macowanii against exotic RNA viruses in vitro
Phytotherapy Research, Volume 8, No. 2, Year 1994
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Description
The in vitro antiviral activity of a freeze‐dried methanolic extract of the bulbs of Zimbabwean Crinum macowanii was determined in Vero cells infected with a number of exotic RNA viruses. At a concentration of 32 μg/mL, the crude methanolic extract reduced by 100% the viral cytopathic effect in Vero cells infected with yellow fever virus, and caused a 70% inhibition of the viral cytopathic effect in cells infected with Japanese encephalitis virus. No evidence of cytotoxicity was observed at this concentration. The freeze‐dried extract inhibited the replication of the above mentioned viruses by 100% at a concentration of 10 μg/mL. No cytotoxicity was seen at this concentration. Copyright © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Duri, Zvitendo James
Zimbabwe, Harare
University of Zimbabwe
Scovill, John P.
United States, Fort Detrick
U.s. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
Huggins, John W.
United States, Fort Detrick
U.s. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
Statistics
Citations: 25
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1002/ptr.2650080217
ISSN:
0951418X
e-ISSN:
10991573
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases