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Novel antiviral activity of mung bean sprouts against respiratory syncytial virus and herpes simplex virus -1: an in vitro study on virally infected Vero and MRC-5 cell lines

Hafidh RR 1 , Abdulamir AS 2 , Abu Bakar F 3 , Sekawi Z 4 , Jahansheri F 5 , Jalilian FA 6

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Baghdad University, Baghdad, Iraq. ranria77@yahoo.com
  • 2 Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Alnahrain University, PO Box 70030, Baghdad, Iraq. ahmsah73@yahoo.com
  • 3 Faculty of Food Science and Technology, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, 43400, Selangor, Malaysia. fatim@upm.edu.my
  • 4 Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, 43400, Selangor, Malaysia. zamberi@upm.edu.my
  • 5 Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, 43400, Selangor, Malaysia. fatemeh.jahansheri@upm.edu.my
  • 6 Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine,, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences (HUMS), Hamadan, Ilam, Iran. azizifarid@gmail.com
BMC Complement Altern Med, 2015;15:179.
PMID: 26062546 DOI: 10.1186/s12906-015-0688-2

Abstract

New sources for discovering novel antiviral agents are desperately needed. The current antiviral products are both expensive and not very effective.

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