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In vivo antiviral activity of D-glucosamine

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Intraperitoneal treatments with D-glucosamine, an inhibitor of the glycosylation of the viral envelope, decreased the growth rate of tumors induced in quails or in chicks by Rous sarcoma virus and increased the survival of mice inoculated with human influenza virus.

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  1. Rhône-Poulenc Recherche et Développement, Centre Nicolas Grillet, Vitry-sur-Seine, France

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Floc'h, F., Werner, G.H. In vivo antiviral activity of D-glucosamine. Archives of Virology 52, 169–173 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01317877

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