Data di Pubblicazione:
2018
Citazione:
Medicinal plants used in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus / B. Salehi, N.V. Anil Kumar, B. Sener, M. Sharifi-Rad, M. Kilic, G.B. Mahady, S. Vlaisavljevic, M. Iriti, F. Kobarfard, W.N. Setzer, S.A. Ayatollahi, A. Ata, J. Sharifi-Rad. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. - ISSN 1661-6596. - 19:5(2018), pp. 1459.1-1459.60. [10.3390/ijms19051459]
Abstract:
Since the beginning of the epidemic, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has infected around 70 million people worldwide, most of whom reside is sub-Saharan Africa. There have been very promising developments in the treatment of HIV with anti-retroviral drug cocktails. However, drug resistance to anti-HIV drugs is emerging, and many people infected with HIV have adverse reactions or do not have ready access to currently available HIV chemotherapies. Thus, there is a need to discover new anti-HIV agents to supplement our current arsenal of anti-HIV drugs and to provide therapeutic options for populations with limited resources or access to currently efficacious chemotherapies. Plant-derived natural products continue to serve as a reservoir for the discovery of new medicines, including anti-HIV agents. This review presents a survey of plants that have shown anti-HIV activity, both in vitro and in vivo.
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01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Antiviral; Drug discovery; Pharmacognosy; Phytochemistry; Anti-HIV Agents; Biological Products; Clinical Trials as Topic; Drug Discovery; HIV Infections; HIV-1; Humans; Plant Extracts; Plants, Medicinal; Secondary Metabolism; Treatment Outcome
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B. Salehi, N.V. Anil Kumar, B. Sener, M. Sharifi-Rad, M. Kilic, G.B. Mahady, S. Vlaisavljevic, M. Iriti, F. Kobarfard, W.N. Setzer, S.A. Ayatollahi, A. Ata, J. Sharifi-Rad
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