TY - JOUR JF - virusj JO - Iran J Virol VL - 8 IS - 1 PY - 2014 Y1 - 2014/2/01 TI - Inhibitory Effect of Mentha Piperita Extracts against Herpes Simplex Virus Isolated from Eye Infection TT - N2 - Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is one of the common pathogenic viruses of humans bing. This study aimed to determin anti-herpes virus activity of Mentha Piperita extracts in vitro. Mentha Piperita extracts can inhibit HSV infection when the cells treated before viral adsorbtion. HSV-1 were also inhibited by menthol after viral adsorption. HSV-1 viral particles were directly inhibited and viral yield was reduced when treated with Mentha Piperita extracts and menthol. Therefore, Mentha Piperita extracts and menthol showed anti-HSV activities at various stages of the viral replication cycle. SP - 35 EP - 41 AU - Omidian, Jalil AU - Sheikhi-Shooshtari, Fariba AU - Fazeli, Maryam AD - Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran KW - Mentha Piperita KW - menthol KW - herpes simplex virus KW - virus replication KW - eye infection UR - http://journal.isv.org.ir/article-1-222-en.html DO - 10.21859/isv.8.1.35 ER -