Anti-HIV substances of natural origin – An updated account

Prabodh C Shanna1*, 0 P Shanna2, Neeru Vasudeva3, D N Mishra3 and S K Singh3 lLord Shiva College of Pharmacy, Near CivilHospital, Post Box No. 63, Sirsa-125 055, Haryana, India 2Govt.Polytechnic, Mandi Adampur, Hisar-125 052, Haryana 3Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, GJ University, Hisar-12 5 001, Haryana *Correspondent author, E-mail: sharma_prabodh@rediffmail.com; Phone: 094160-25460; Fax: +91-1666-242695 Received 1 March 2005; Accepted 9 May 2005

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