title: Effect of root extract from Boerhaavia diffusa L., containing an antiviral principle upon plaque formation of RNA bacteriophages.
abstract: An extract obtained from the roots of Boerhaavia diffusa plants, which inhibits the infection of several plant viruses, was tested by the agar diffusion hole method for its action on RNA-containing bacterial viruses. Plaque formation of the phages was only partially and non-uniformly influenced by the extract so that a uniform principle of action was not realized for the RNA viruses of prokaryotic and eukaryotic host organisms.
mesh_terms: D004926:Escherichia coli; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa; D012317:RNA Phages / Q000187:drug effects*; D010948:Viral Plaque Assay
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts