Figure 3.
Octanoic acid treatment of virus. (A ) SARS‐CoV was diluted into 10 percent (□), 16 percent ( ), and 25 percent (▪) BSA solutions with octanoic acid (20 mmol/L) or PBS. (B ) Octanoic acid (40 mmol/L) was added to virus stocks (RSV or HSV‐1) in DMEM and then analyzed for infectivity by TCID50 assay. The broken line shows the limit of detection for the assay. (□) Time 0; ( ) 1 hour; (▪) 24 hours.