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Recent Research Progress: Discovery of Anti-Plant Virus Agents Based on Natural Scaffold
Plant virus diseases, also known as “plant cancers”, cause serious harm to the agriculture of the world and huge economic losses every year. Antiviral agents are one of the most effective ways to control plant virus diseases.
Jixiang Chen+6 more
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Chapter 12. Antiviral Agents [PDF]
This chapter discusses the agents with activity primarily against RNA viruses. The communicable diseases of the respiratory tract are probably the most common cause of symptomatic human infections. The viruses that are causative agents for human respiratory disease comprise the five taxonomically distinct families: orthomyxoviridae, paramyxoviridae ...
James L. Kelley
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Today, hepatitis C virus infection affects up to 1.5 million people per year and is responsible for 29 thousand deaths per year. In the 1970s, the clinical observation of unclear, transfusion-related cases of hepatitis ignited scientific curiosity, and ...
Christopher Dietz, B. Maasoumy
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We report a quantification of the decrease of effectiveness of antiviral agents directed to hepatitis C virus, when the agents are added during an ongoing infection in cell culture vs. when they are added at the beginning of the infection.
Carlos García-Crespo+21 more
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Phytochemicals from Plant Foods as Potential Source of Antiviral Agents: An Overview
To date, the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide include viral infections, such as Ebola, influenza virus, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and recently COVID-19 disease, caused by the ...
T. Behl+15 more
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BackgroundAcute kidney injury is a complication of COVID-19 and is associated with severity. Despite no specific antiviral treatment strategy, lopinavir/ritonavir and remdesivir have been used.
Seyed Majid Mousavi Movahed+8 more
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Ribonucleases as antiviral agents [PDF]
Many ribonucleases (RNases) are able to inhibit the reproduction of viruses in infected cell cultures and laboratory animals, but the molecular mechanisms of their antiviral activity remain unclear. The review discusses the well-known RNases that possess established antiviral effects, including both intracellular RNases (RNase L, MCPIP1 protein, and ...
Ilinskaya O., Mahmud R.
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Metal Complexes as Antiviral Agents for SARS‐CoV‐2
The severe acute respiratory syndrome – coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), the infectious agent responsible for COVID‐19 – has caused more than 2.5 million deaths worldwide and triggered a global pandemic. Even with successful vaccines being delivered, there is
J. Karges, Seth M. Cohen
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The potential severity of many viral infections and the lack of appropriate treatment for these diseases have been a source of endless frustration and helplessness for clinicians. The newly developed field of antiviral therapy is expanding at an astounding rate, with new discoveries each day.
Shijun Ren+7 more
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Antioxidant Capacity and Antimicrobial Activity of Commercial Samples of Guava Leaves (\u3cem\u3ePsidium guajava\u3c/em\u3e) [PDF]
Psidium guajava is a small tree native to South and Central America. Guava leaves have traditionally been used for treating different illnesses. These benefits can be attributed to phenolics and flavonoids produced by guava.
Alsaidi, Sahar+11 more
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