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Antiviral Activity of Tomatoside from Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.

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Saponins Used in Traditional and Modern Medicine

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 404))

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Preliminary studied1,2 have shown that tomatoside, a steroidal glycoside of plant origin from Lycopersicon esculentum Mill., a representative of biologically active substances, possesses significant antiviral activity in vitro and in vivo.

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  1. National Practical Science Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology of the Health Ministry of the Moldova Republic, N. Testemitianu Chisinau State Medical University, Moldavia

    K. Spinu, V. Vorozhbit, T. Grushko, P. Skofertsa, V. Vutkaryov & V. Bologa

  2. Institute of Genetics, Academy of Science, Chisinau, 2002, Moldavia

    P. Kintia

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  1. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, 246B Noble Research Center, 74078-0454, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA

    George R. Waller

  2. Institute of Pharmaceutical Science School of Medicine, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734, Japan

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Spinu, K. et al. (1996). Antiviral Activity of Tomatoside from Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.. In: Waller, G.R., Yamasaki, K. (eds) Saponins Used in Traditional and Modern Medicine. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 404. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1367-8_41

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