title: [Antiviral activity of arbidol and its derivatives against the pathogen of severe acute respiratory syndrome in the cell cultures].
abstract: Experimental studies of arbidol and arbidol mesylate versus ribavirin suggest that insertion of these agents into the nutrient medium of the cultured cells GMK-AH-1 (D) after infection at concentrations of 50, 25, and 100 microg/ml, respectively, is effective in suppressing the reproduction of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus. Arbidol and arbidol mesylate were shown to have a direct antiviral effect in early viral replication in the cultured cells. The promising antiviral agent is arbidol mesylate that is nearly 5 times as effective as arbidol in reducing the reproduction of SARS virus in the cultured cells. Insertion of arbidol, arbidol mesylate, and ribavirin into the nutrient medium 2 hours after infection of porcine embryonic renal cells caused a reduction in the accumulation of the pathogen by 2.5, 2.1, and 2.6 Ig, respectively.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Khamitov
authors.forename: S Ia
authors.initials: SIa
authors.lastname: Loginova
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Shchukina
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Borisevich
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Maksimov
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Shuster