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An examination of the medicinal potential of Scaevola spinescens: Toxicity, antibacterial, and antiviral activities.
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BACKGROUND
Scaevola spinescens is an endemic Australian native plant with a history of use as a medicinal agent by indigenous Australians. Yet the medicinal bioactivities of this plant are poorly studied.
METHODS
S. spinescens solvent extracts were tested for antimicrobial activity, antiviral
A modified MS2 bacteriophage plaque reduction assay for the rapid screening of antiviral plant extracts.
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Traditional methods of screening plant extracts and purified components for antiviral activity require up to a week to perform, prompting the need to develop more rapid quantitative methods to measure the ability of plant based preparations to block viral replication. We describe an
Screening of Australian medicinal plants for antiviral activity.
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Extracts of 40 different plant species used in the traditional medicine of the Australian Aboriginal people have been investigated for antiviral activity. The extracts have been tested for activity against one DNA virus, human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and two RNA viruses, Ross River virus (RRV) and
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