Antiviral activities of Indonesian medicinal plants in the East Java region against hepatitis C virus

• Main Authors: Sri Wahyuni, Tutik, Tumewu, Lidya, Ayu Permanasari, Adita, Apriani, Evhy, Adianti, Myrna, Rahman, Abdul, Hotta, Hak
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: BioMed Central 2013
• Subjects: RS Pharmacy and materia medica; RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica; RS200-201 Pharmaceutical dosage forms
• Online Access: http://repository.unair.ac.id/84658/1/C-001%20Rapid%20Publication%20Virologi%20Journal.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/84658/2/Lembar%20C01.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/84658/3/C01%20-%20Antiviral%20activities%20of%20Indonesian%20medicinal%20plants%20in%20the%20East%20Java%20region%20against%20hepatitis%20C%20virus.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/84658/; 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...