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. 2022 May 27;13:888961. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2022.888961

FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 2

Effect of plant extracts on HIV-1 infection of TZM-bl cells. Ten peptide-enriched plant extracts were obtained using solvent and solid phase extraction, and their molecular content was analyzed by MALDI-TOF MS (Figure S1). Extracts were dissolved in 5% DMSO. Serial dilutions of extracts #1 to #10 and DMSO control were added to TZM-bl cells, which were then infected with HIV-1 (infection, blue) or medium was added (metabolic activity, grey). After 2 days, infection and metabolic activity was quantified via β-galactosidase or MTT-based assay, respectively. Untreated controls were set to 100%. Shown are means ± SD of one (#10, metabolic activity), two (#10, infection) or three (all others) independent experiments performed in triplicates.