Antiviral Effects of Atropine and Caffeine

1 October 1980

journal article
research article
Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of General Virology

Vol. 50 (2) , 429-431
https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-50-2-429

Abstract

Summary The antiviral activities of atropine and caffeine were investigated. Atropine inhibited the multiplication of enveloped viruses and caffeine suppressed the growth of polio, influenza, herpes simplex and vaccinia viruses but not Japanese encephalitis virus, Newcastle disease virus and type 2 adenovirus.

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