Natural Products as Antiviral Agents

ISBN-13: 9780306443466 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 279 str.

Chung K. Chu; C. K. Chu; H. G. Cutler

Opis

Possible agents against HIV are a major focus of 13 papers from a symposium at the American Chemical Society meeting in New York City, August 1991, exploring generally the use of chemicals derived from natural materials as antiviral agents. Among the substances considered are tannins, hypericin, ama

Spis treści

Progress in the Development of Natural Products for Human Immunodeficiency Viruses Infections (R.F Schinazi). StructureActivity Correlations of Natural Products with AntiHIV Activity (M. Nasr et al.). AIDSAntiviral Natural Products Research at the US National Cancer Institute (K.R. Gustafson et al.). Tannins and Related Compounds as AntiHIV Agents (K.H. Lee et al.). Mode of Action of Hypericin as an Antiretroviral Agents and Other Relevant Findings (D. Meruelo et al.). Activity of Selected Amaryllidaceae Constituets and Related Synthetic Substances Against Medically Important RNA Viruses (B. Gabrielsen et al.). Aminosugar Attenuation of HIV Infection (G.S. Jacob et al.) Plant Proteins with Antiviral Activity Against Human Immunodeficiency Virus (S. LeeHuang et al.). Antiviral Studies with Trichosanthin, A Plant Derived Single Chain Ribosome Inactivating Protein (M.S. McGrath et al.). 4 additional articles. Index.