Antiviral Activity of Aspalathus linearis against Human Influenza Virus.

In this study, crude extracts of Aspalathus linearis, a plant reported to have anti-HIV activity, were evaluated in vitro for their activity against the influenza A virus Of the extracts tested, an alkaline extract of Aspalathus linearis demonstrated the strongest inhibition against influenza A virus and could also inhibit different.types of influenza viruses, including Oseltamivir-resistant influenza viruses A and B. Our time course of addition studies indicated that the alkaline extract of Aspalathus linearis exerts its antiviral effect predominantly during the late stages of the influenza virus replication process. PMID: 30520604 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Natural Product Communications - Category: Biochemistry Tags: Nat Prod Commun Source Type: research