Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Inhibition of lentivirus replication by aqueous extracts of Prunella vulgaris | Virology Journal BioMed Central Research Inhibition of lentivirus replication by aqueous extracts of Prunella vulgaris Melinda A Brindley1 Mark P Widrlechner2 Joe-Ann McCoy2 5 Patricia Murphy3 Cathy Hauck3 Ludmila Rizshsky4 Basil Nikolau4 and Wendy Maury 1 Address 1Dept. Microbiology University of Iowa Iowa City IA 52242 USA 2US Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station MPW Ames IA 50011 USA 3Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 USA 4Department of Biochemistry Biophysics and Molecular Biology Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 USA and 5Bent Creek Institute NCSU The North Carolina Arboretum 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way Asheville NC 28806-9315 USA Email Melinda A Brindley - Mark P Widrlechner - Joe- Ann McCoy - Jmccoy@ Patricia Murphy - pmurphy@ Cathy Hauck - cchauck@ Ludmila Rizshsky-ludmilar@ Basil Nikolau - dimmas@ Wendy Maury - wendy-maury@ Corresponding author Open Access Published 20 January 2009 Received 21 November 2008 Accepted 20 January 2009 Virology Journal 2009 6 8 doi l743-422X-6-8 This article is available from http content 6 1 8 2009 Brindley et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Various members of the mint family have been used historically in Chinese and Native American medicine. Many of these same family members including Prunella vulgaris have been reported to have anti-viral activities. To further characterize the anti-lentiviral activities of P. vulgaris water and ethanol extractions were tested for their .