Anti-influenza activity of marchantins, macrocyclic bisbibenzyls contained in liverworts.

The H1N1 influenza A virus of swine-origin caused pandemics throughout the world in 2009 and the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus has also caused epidemics in Southeast Asia in recent years. The threat of influenza A thus remains a serious global health issue and novel drugs that target...

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Main Authors: Yuma Iwai, Kouki Murakami, Yasuyuki Gomi, Toshihiro Hashimoto, Yoshinori Asakawa, Yoshinobu Okuno, Toyokazu Ishikawa, Dai Hatakeyama, Noriko Echigo, Takashi Kuzuhara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3098833?pdf=render