Citrus Compound Proves Bitter for Common Pediatric Infection (1 of 1) (IMAGE)

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Citrus Compound Proves Bitter for Common Pediatric Infection (1 of 1)

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Treating mice infected with human enterovirus with the citrus compound prunin prevented the loss of muscle fibers in the hindlimb, compared to controls (right). This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Oct. 30, 2019, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by S. Gunaseelan at National University of Singapore in Singapore, Singapore; and colleagues was titled, "Prunin suppresses viral IRES activity and is a potential candidate for treating enterovirus A71 infection."

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S. Gunaseelan <i>et al., Science Translational Medicine</i> (2019)

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