Plant-derived antiviral drugs as novel hepatitis B virus inhibitors: Cell culture and molecular docking study

Despite high anti-HBV efficacies, while the nucleoside analogs (e.g., lamivudine) lead to the emergence of drug-resistance, interferons (e.g., IFN-α causes adverse side-effects. Comparatively, various natural or plant products have shown similar or even better efficacy. Hence, new antiviral strategi...

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Main Authors: Mohammad K. Parvez, Md. Tabish Rehman, Perwez Alam, Mohammed S. Al-Dosari, Saleh I. Alqasoumi, Mohammed F. Alajmi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-03-01
Series:Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319016418302135