I have often wondered about how anti viral medications work, concidering a virus in non-biological so anti-biotics dont work..this is interesting but can anyone explain to me in more detail about how photoactivity works?
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Anti viral properties of harmine
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I have often wondered about how anti viral medications work, concidering a virus in non-biological so anti-biotics dont work..this is interesting but can anyone explain to me in more detail about how photoactivity works?
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It seems in this article it inhibits expression of the virus, not the injection stage. As far as photoactivity goes...
I think it's just a matter of the molecules in question being cleaved, by photons, into the effective particles. Kind of an oxidation reaction that creates free radicals that preferentially attack the target you are looking for. In this case some phase of viral reproduction.
That's how my rudimentary understanding of it goes. Perhaps someone with more understanding will chime in.
I think it's just a matter of the molecules in question being cleaved, by photons, into the effective particles. Kind of an oxidation reaction that creates free radicals that preferentially attack the target you are looking for. In this case some phase of viral reproduction.
That's how my rudimentary understanding of it goes. Perhaps someone with more understanding will chime in.
Is this in vitro or in vivo?