Asia is the mine of natural antiviral products for public health.

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R.R., Hafidh and Abdulamir, Ahmed Sahib and Jahan Shiri, Fatemah and Abas, Faridah and Abu Bakar, Fatimah and Sekawi, Zamberi (2009) Asia is the mine of natural antiviral products for public health. Open Complementary Medicine Journal, 59 (1). pp. 58-68. ISSN 1876-391X

Abstract

This review highlights a wide range of research on antiviral natural products in Asia in the period from 2000 to 2008. It focuses on the most important findings in this field specifically on the plants' components with potential antiviral activity against wide range of pathogenic DNA and RNA viruses. In addition, the difference between Asians and other populations regarding their habits of using natural products containing antiviral activity instead of allopathic medicine has been reviewed briefly. In conclusion, Asian continent serves as the most important source for providing the candidate natural products for the future antiviral drugs which could save the lives of millions in the world.

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Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Food Science and Technology
DOI Number:	https://doi.org/10.2174/1876391X00901010058
Publisher:	Bentham Open
Keywords:	Antiviral; Alternative medicine; Polyphenols, flavonoids; Tannin; Anti-RNA virus; Anti-DNA virus; Asia.
Depositing User:	Khairil Ridzuan Khahirullah
Date Deposited:	10 Dec 2013 04:00
Last Modified:	02 Nov 2015 23:43
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URI:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13281
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