The emergence of multidrug resistant (MDR) pathogens is a global threat and has created
problems in providing adequate treatment of many infectious diseases. Although the …

The African continent is naturally endowed with various plant species with nutritional and
medicinal benefits. About 80% of the people in developing countries rely on folk medicines …

Principles of Virology, the leading virology textbook in use, is an extremely valuable and
highly informative presentation of virology at the interface of modern cell biology and …

Several hundred plant and herb species that have potential as novel antiviral agents have
been studied, with surprisingly little overlap. A wide variety of active phytochemicals …

To date, the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide include viral infections,
such as Ebola, influenza virus, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), severe acute …

The purpose of this review is to discuss the recent developments related to the chemistry
and medicinal properties of flavonoids. Major flavonoids that show well categorized …

Cationic antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) and host defense peptides (HDPs) show vast
potential as peptide-based drugs. Great effort has been made in order to exploit their …

Oncolytic viruses (OVs) are engineered and/or evolved to propagate selectively in
cancerous tissues. They have a dual mechanism of action; direct killing of infected cancer …

Dynamical system theory has developed rapidly over the past fifty years. It is a subject upon
which the theory of limit cycles has a significant impact for both theoretical advances and …

The pandemic of viral diseases during recent years has forced the scientific community to
investigate less toxic antiviral phytomolecules instead of using nucleic acid analogues …