Long-Chain Unsaturated Fatty Acids & Enveloped Viruses

in medical •  4 years ago 

"long-chain unsaturated fatty acids, on the other hand, were all highly active against the enveloped viruses, although the fatty acid concentration required for maximum viral inactivation varied by as much as 20-fold."

"Antiviral fatty acids were found to affect the viral envelope, causing leakage and at higher concentrations, a complete disintegration of the envelope and the viral particles. They also caused disintegration of the plasma membranes of tissue culture cells resulting in cell lysis and death"
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3032090/

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