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Medicinal Plants Used in the Treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

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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.
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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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Phytochemical analysis of Geigeria alata and Francoeuria crispa essential oils.

TL;DR: Phytochemical analyses of Geigeria alata and Francoeuria crispa essential oils showed moderate in vitro cytotoxicity and showed weak anti-HIV activity, and its structure was elucidated by 2D-NMR analysis.
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Antibacterial, anti-HIV-1 protease and cytotoxic activities of aqueous ethanolic extracts from Combretum adenogonium Steud. Ex A. Rich (Combretaceae).

TL;DR: Results provide promising baseline information for the potential development of C. adenogonium extracts in treatment of bacterial and HIV/AIDS-related opportunistic infections.
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Prenylisoflavonoids from Erythrina senegalensis as novel HIV-1 protease inhibitors.

TL;DR: 6,8-diprenylgenistein with two prenyl groups in the 6 and 8 positions of the A ring and one hydroxy group in the 4' position of B-ring was the most potent HIV-1 PR inhibitor.
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Tulbaghia alliacea phytotherapy: a potential anti-infective remedy for candidiasis.

TL;DR: This investigation confirms that extracts of T. alliacea exhibit anti‐infective activity against candida species in vitro, and indicates that the greatest concentrations of inhibitory components were extracted by chloroform or water.
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Phytochemical and biological investigations of Elaeodendron schlechteranum.

TL;DR: Phytochemical investigation of the anti-HIV active fractions led to the isolation and identification of three phenolic compounds, namely 4'-O-methylepigallocatechin, 4-O-methylgallocatechin and a new procyanidin dimer, however, none of these showed anti-hIV activity.
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