Inhibition of HIV-1 replication by an aqueous extract of Spirulina platensis (Arthrospira platensis).

Ayehunie, S; Belay, A; W Baba, T; M Ruprecht, R

doi:10.1097/00042560-199805010-00002

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Inhibition of HIV-1 replication by an aqueous extract of Spirulina platensis (Arthrospira platensis).

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S Ayehunie

A Belay

T W Baba

Abstract

An aqueous extract of the blue-green filamentous algae Arthrospira platensis (previously called Spirulina platensis) inhibited HIV-1 replication in human T-cell lines, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), and Langerhans cells (LC). Extract concentrations ranging between 0.3 and 1.2 microg/ml r...

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