%0 Journal Article
%T EVALUATION OF ANTI-HIV-1 ACTIVITY FROM CESTRUM NOCTURNUM AERIAL PARTS AND PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS
%A KHALED RASHED
%A XING-JIE ZHANG
%A MENG-TING LUO
%A YONG-TANG ZHENG
%J Reviews of Progress
%D 2013
%I Laxmi Book Publication
%X This study deals with evaluation of HIV-1 activity from Cestrum nocturnum aerial partsextracts and investigation of phytoconstituents in the plant extracts. Different extracts fromCestrum nocturnum aerial parts, methanol 80%, ethyl acetate, butanol and aqueous extracts weretested for their anti-HIV-1 activity using the syncytia formation assay. All the extracts wereweak active as anti-HIV-1 agents. Phytochemical analysis of Cestrum nocturnum extracts haveshown the presence of different phytocomponents, saponins, triterpenes and/or sterolsflavonoids, tannins and coumarins. The results confirm that all extracts from Cestrum nocturnumaerial parts have a weak anti-HIV-1 activity.
%K Cestrum nocturnum
%K aerial parts
%K cytotoxicity
%K anti-HIV-1 activity
%K Phytoconstituents
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