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Influence of twenty potentially antiviral substances on in vitro multiplication of hepatitis A virus

Widell, Anders LU ; Hansson, Bengt-Göran LU ; Öberg, Bo and Nordenfelt, Erik (1986) In Antiviral Research 6(2). p.103-112
Abstract
A multiwell tissue culture system was developed to study the influence of various substances on hepatitis A virus (HAV) propagation. A panel of 20 substances of different structure types, each with known effect against at least some viruses, was studied at a concentration of 100 microM. Three substances showed reproducible inhibition. The strongest inhibitor, arabinosylcytosine, also produced cytotoxic changes in cells down to a concentration of 1 microM, and its effect was considered as nonspecific. Amantadine and ribavirin showed a moderate effect at 100 microM. A stronger inhibition was seen at 250 and 500 microM, doses that are toxic and impractical for clinical use. Although no promising candidates for antiviral treatment of hepatitis... (More)
A multiwell tissue culture system was developed to study the influence of various substances on hepatitis A virus (HAV) propagation. A panel of 20 substances of different structure types, each with known effect against at least some viruses, was studied at a concentration of 100 microM. Three substances showed reproducible inhibition. The strongest inhibitor, arabinosylcytosine, also produced cytotoxic changes in cells down to a concentration of 1 microM, and its effect was considered as nonspecific. Amantadine and ribavirin showed a moderate effect at 100 microM. A stronger inhibition was seen at 250 and 500 microM, doses that are toxic and impractical for clinical use. Although no promising candidates for antiviral treatment of hepatitis A have emerged from the present study, the assay model described here would seem useful in the screening of substances with inhibitory effects on HAV. (Less)
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ribavirin, amantadine, arabinosylcytosine, hepatitis A
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Antiviral Research
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103 - 112
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Elsevier
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0166-3542
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10.1016/0166-3542(86)90030-6
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  author       = {{Widell, Anders and Hansson, Bengt-Göran and Öberg, Bo and Nordenfelt, Erik}},
  issn         = {{0166-3542}},
  keywords     = {{ribavirin; amantadine; arabinosylcytosine; hepatitis A}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{103--112}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Antiviral Research}},
  title        = {{Influence of twenty potentially antiviral substances on in vitro multiplication of hepatitis A virus}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0166-3542(86)90030-6}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/0166-3542(86)90030-6}},
  volume       = {{6}},
  year         = {{1986}},
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