title: [Antiviral effect of aqueous plant extracts in tissue culture].
abstract: The aqueous extracts from 178 kinds of medicinal plants belonging to 69 families were examined from the point of their virustatic activity against herpes-, influenza-, vaccine- and poliovirus. 75 kinds proved to be virustatic against one or more kinds of virus. Nearly one-third of the active plants belong to families that are known as especially rich in tannin. Besides the virustatic activity a great number of extracts showed also a cytostatic activity.
mesh_terms: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000187:drug effects; D009975:Orthomyxoviridae / Q000187:drug effects; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D017955:Poliovirus / Q000187:drug effects; D014616:Vaccinia virus / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts
vernacular_title: Antivirale Wirkung wässriger Pflanzenextrakte in Gewebekulturen.