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Planta Med 1996; 62(1): 63-65
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957801
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Assessment of the Anti-HIV Activity of a Pine Cone Isolate

Thomas L. Eberhardt, Raymond A. Young
  • Department of Forestry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A.
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04 January 2007 (online)

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Abstract

Characterization of an alkali-soluble isolate from Pinus nigra Arnold (Pinaceae) seed cones by thioacidolysis revealed a significant phenylpropanoid (i.c. lignin) component which may provide the observed anti-HIV-1 activity for this substance.