Research Article

Antiviral Effects of Atropine and Caffeine

Journal of General Virology 1980; 50(2):429 · https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-50-2-429

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Abstract

The antiviral activities of atropine and caffeine were investigated. Atropine inhibited the multiplication of enveloped viruses and caffeine suppressed the growth of polio, influenza, herpes simplex and vaccinia viruses but not Japanese encephalitis virus, Newcastle disease virus and type 2 adenovirus.