Antiviral Activities of Indonesian Medicinal Plants in the East Java Region Against Hepatitis C Virus

• Main Authors: Achmad Fuad, Tutik Sri Wahyuni, Lydia Tumewu, Adita Ayu Permanasari, Evhy Apriani, Myrna Adianti, Abdul Rahman, Aty Widyawaruyanti, Maria Inge Lusida, Soetjipto, Nasronudin, Hiroyuki Fuchino, Nobuo Kawahara, Ikuo Shoji, Lin Deng, Chie Aoki, Hak Hotta
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; Indonesian
• Published: BioMed Central 2013
• Subjects: QR355 Virology; R Medicine; RS Pharmacy and materia medica; RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica
• Online Access: http://repository.unair.ac.id/56535/1/Antiviral%20Activities%20of%20Indonesian%20Medicinal%20Plants%20in%20the%20East%20Java%20Region%20Against%20Hepatitis%20C%20Virus.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/56535/2/3%20Penilaian%20Reviewer.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/56535/; https://virologyj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1743-422X-10-259
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of liver disease and a potential cause of substantial morbidity and mortality worldwide. The overall prevalence of HCV infection is 2%, representing 120 million people worldwide. Current standard treatment using pegylated interferon and ribavirin...