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Geraniin extracted from the rind of Nephelium lappaceum binds to dengue virus type-2 envelope protein and inhibits early stage of virus replication

BACKGROUND: The rapid rise and spread in dengue cases, together with the unavailability of safe vaccines and effective antiviral drugs, warrant the need to discover and develop novel anti-dengue treatments. In this study the antiviral activity of geraniin, extracted from the rind of Nephelium lappac...

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Autores principales: Abdul Ahmad, Siti Aisyah, Palanisamy, Uma D., Tejo, Bimo A., Chew, Miaw Fang, Tham, Hong Wai, Syed Hassan, Sharifah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5698958/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29162124
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12985-017-0895-1