In vitro inhibitory effect of Urera baccifera (L.) Gaudich. extracts against herpes simplex

Fernanda Otaviano Martins¹, Michelle Mendes da Rocha Gomes¹, Fábio Luis Pereira Nogueira², Gabriel Rocha Martins³, Maria Teresa Villela Romanos¹, Maria Auxiliadora Coelho Kaplan⁴ and Fábio de Sousa Menezes⁵*

¹Experimental Laboratory of Cytotoxic and Antiviral Drugs, Virology Department, Microbiology Institute Professor Paulo

de Góes, Centre of Health Sciences, Block I, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

²Programme on Plant Biotechnology, Centre of Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

³Department of Food and Natural Products, Faculty of Pharmacy, Centre of Health Sciences, Block A, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

⁴Natural Products Research Centre, Centre of Health Sciences, Block H, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

⁵School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin - Dublin 2 – Ireland.