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. 1982 Oct;22(4):696–697. doi: 10.1128/aac.22.4.696

Inhibition of RNA Viruses In Vitro and in Rift Valley Fever-Infected Mice by Didemnins A and B

Peter G Canonico 1, Wallace L Pannier 1, John W Huggins 1, Kenneth L Rienehart 2
PMCID: PMC183817  PMID: 7188246

Abstract

Didemnins, a new class of depsipeptides isolated from a Caribbean tunicate, have been shown to have potent antiviral activity against a broad range of RNA viruses in vitro. Didemnins A and B both protected mice against a lethal challenge of Rift Valley fever virus.

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