ENDEMIC PLANTS OF THE GENUS PHYLLANTHUS AS POTENTIAL SOURCES FOR OBTAINING NATURAL ANTIVIRALS

• Dr. Annele Roque Quintero
• 26/06/2019 10:55
• Restaurante "El Tesico"

• Ponencia
• English

• antiviral activity
• hbv
• herpesvirus
• phyllanthus

Viruses are the etiological agents of numerous diseases of importance to human and animal health. There is a need to seek for less toxic antiviral drugs, with more than one mechanism of action that prevents the emergence of resistance, as well as being accessible to the population in need. The Cuban flora has a wide biodiversity and species richness, whose biological activities are not completely characterized. Among them stands out the genus Phyllanthus, which has been used in the Traditional M...