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Resveratrol inhibition of herpes simplex virus replication.
Docherty JJ, Fu MM, Stiffler BS, Limperos RJ, Pokabla CM, DeLucia AL.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown 44272, USA. jjd@neoucom.edu
Resveratrol, a phytoalexin, was found to inhibit herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2) replication in a dose-dependent, reversible manner. The observed reduction in virus yield was not caused by the direct inactivation of HSV by resveratrol nor inhibition of virus attachment to the cell. ...
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