Momordica charantia L.(M. charantia), a member of the Cucurbitaceae family, is widely
distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. It has been used in folk medicine …

Since ancient times, plants and herbal preparations have been used as medicine. Research
carried out in last few decades has certified several such claims of use of several plants of …

A lot of medicinal plants, traditionally used for thousands of years, are present in a group of
herbal preparations of the Indian traditional health care system (Ayurveda) named …

Unripe fruit, seeds and aerial parts of Momordica charantia Linn.(Cucurbitaceae) have been
used in various parts of the world to treat diabetes. Oral administration of the fruit juice or …

The ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) from plants are RNA N-glycosidases that
depurinate the major rRNA, thus damaging ribosomes, and arresting protein synthesis [1-8] …

A large variety of natural products have been described as anti‐HIV agents, and for a portion
thereof the target of interaction has been identified. Cyanovirin‐N, a 11‐kDa protein from …

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are
gaining significant importance at present due to rapid spread of the diseases, high cost of …

We investigated the antiviral activity of olive leaf extract (OLE) preparations standardized by
liquid chromatography-coupled mass spectrometry (LC-MS) against HIV-1 infection and …

Plant ribosome–inactivating proteins (RIPs) N–glycosidases which cleave the N–glycosidic
bond of adenine in a specfic ribosomal RNA sequence. Most commonly RIPs are single …

MAP30 is an anti-HIV plant protein that we have identified and purified to homogeneity from
bitter melon (Momordica charantia). It is capable of acting against multiple stages of the viral …