Plant-derived antiviral drugs as novel hepatitis B virus inhibitors: Cell culture and molecular docking study

• Main Authors: Mohammad K. Parvez (Author), Md. Tabish Rehman (Author), Perwez Alam (Author), Mohammed S. Al-Dosari (Author), Saleh I. Alqasoumi (Author), Mohammed F. Alajmi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Despite high anti-HBV efficacies, while the nucleoside analogs (e.g., lamivudine) lead to the emergence of drug-resistance, interferons (e.g., IFN-α causes adverse side-effects. Comparatively, various natural or plant products have shown similar or even better efficacy. Hence, new antiviral strategi...