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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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Efficacy and safety of traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: a systematic review.

TL;DR: Current evidence suggests that TCM interventions are significantly more effective than placebo in reducing plasma viral load and increasing CD4+ T lymphocyte count in patients with AIDS.
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Bioactive Triterpenoids from Kadsura heteroclita

TL;DR: A phytochemical study of Kadsura heteroclita led to the isolation of eight triterpenoids, including two new compounds, named kadheterilactone A and kad heterilact one B, as well as six known compounds, longipedlactone H (3), longiped lactone F (5), kadsuranic acid A (6), nigranoic acid (7), and schisandronic acid (8).
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Anti-HIV diterpenes from Coleus forskohlii.

TL;DR: 1-Deoxyforskolin and forskolin were found to be active against HIVNL4-3.
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A trypsin inhibitor from rambutan seeds with antitumor, anti-HIV-1 reverse transcriptase, and nitric oxide-inducing properties.

TL;DR: Nephelium lappaceum trypsin inhibitor is isolated from fresh rambutan seeds using liquid chromatographical techniques and manifests a time- and dose-dependent inhibitory effect on growth in many tumor cells and may find application in tumor therapy.
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