Antiviral and cytotoxic effects of a traditional drug

Amirtham J A Ranjitsingh, Sandhanasamy Devanesan, Mohamad S AlSalhi, Parameswari Paul, C Padmalatha

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Article in Journal of King Saud University. Science, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Amirtham J A RanjitsinghDepartment of Biotechnology, Prathyusha Engineering College, Chennai 600056, India.

Sandhanasamy DevanesanDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box-2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.

Mohamad S AlSalhiDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box-2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.

Parameswari PaulDepartment of Horticulture, Molecular Genetics and Genomics Laboratory, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, South Korea.

C PadmalathaU G C Emeritus Fellow, MS University, India.

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Abstract

Objective: Alternative medicine plays an important role today in searching for therapeutics for cancer and viral infection. So, a scientific validation to characterize constituents in the alternative medicines and therapeutic testing is warranted using modern instrumentation. Methods: In the present study, an old herbomineral formulation, KanthaRasavillai [KRV], was characterized using UV-vis spectrometry, FT-IR, XRD, SEM, and TEM study. Also, In vitro and Conclusion: The anticancer and antiviral properties in the ancient herbomineral drug with a cocktail of metal nanoparticles acknowledge the traditional medical practice as a pioneering approach for present-day ailments. However, the study concludes that the use of KRV depends on safety dosage and genuine preparation as described by ancient saints.

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Antiviral and anticancerHerbomineralKantha RasavillaiNanoparticles

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PMID34785874

DOI10.1016/j.jksus.2021.101693

PMCPMC8588738

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