Red wine compound
shows promise as a treatment for herpes
Researchers at the Northeastern Ohio Universities
College of Medicine have discovered that a modified form of resveratrol,
a compound found in red wine, inhibits replication of even drug-resistant
strains of the herpes virus. By attacking the virus at an earlier
stage in its life cycle, the compound could offer more effective
treatment than current methods. So far, the compound has only
been tested in vitro. Reuters Health, Sept. 19,
2000; New Scientist, Sept. 23, 2000.
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