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Natural Plant Alkaloid (Emetine) Inhibits HIV-1 Replication by Interfering with Reverse Transcriptase Activity.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) - 22 Jun 2015
Chaves Valadão Ana Luiza, Abreu Celina Monteiro, Dias Juliana Zanatta, Arantes Pablo, Verli Hugo, Tanuri Amilcar, de Aguiar Renato Santana
Abstract excerpt
Ipecac alkaloids are secondary metabolites produced in the medicinal plant Psychotria ipecacuanha. Emetine is the main alkaloid of ipecac and one of the active compounds in syrup of Ipecac with emetic property. Here we evaluated emetine's potential as an antiviral agent against Human Immunodeficiency Virus. We performed in vitro Reverse Transcriptase (RT) Assay and Natural Endogenous Reverse Transcriptase...
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