Medicinal Plants Used in the Treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
Bahare Salehi,Nanjangud V. Anil Kumar,Bilge Sener,Mehdi Sharifi-Rad,Mehtap Kilic,Gail B. Mahady,Sanja Vlaisavljevic,Marcello Iriti,Farzad Kobarfard,William N. Setzer,Seyed Abdulmajid Ayatollahi,Seyed Abdulmajid Ayatollahi,Athar Ata,Javad Sharifi-Rad,Javad Sharifi-Rad +14 more
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A survey of plants that have shown anti-HIV activity, both in vitro and in vivo is presented, to provide therapeutic options for populations with limited resources or access to currently efficacious chemotherapies.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.read more
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