Beet extract protects against experimental influenza infection. - GreenMedInfo Summary
Abstract Title:
Prophylactic effect of a Beta vulgaris extract on experimental influenza infection in mice.
Abstract Source:
Virologie. 1986 Apr-Jun;37(2):121-3. PMID: 3727395
Abstract:
An aqueous Beta vulgaris extract was repeatedly administered to mice by intranasal (i.n.) instillation, prior to i.n. inoculation of influenza virus A/PR/8/34 (H1N1). The extract conferred a partial protection against the experimental influenza infection: there was a significant decrease in the hemagglutination titers recorded in mouse lung homogenates, a decrease in mortality rate and an increase in the mean survival time as compared with the untreated, virus-inoculated controls.
Article Published Date : Apr 01, 1986
Study Type : Animal Study
Additional Links
Substances : Beet : CK(774) : AC(142)
Pharmacological Actions : Viral Hemagglutinin Inhibitor : CK(22) : AC(16)
