ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY OF MYCOPHENOLIC ACID

Kunio Ando, SEIKICHI SUZUKI, Gakuzo Tamura

The Journal of Antibiotics · 1968 · 47 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

Mycophenolic acid shows significant antiviral activity in the agar diffusion plaque inhibition, plaque reduction and tube culture methods. Both DNA and RNA viruses are involved in the antiviral spectrum and the chemotherapeutic index of mycophenolic acid is high against viruses in vitro.

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