SBIR/STTR Research Award
Anti-HIV Drugs From Blumea Aromatica and Blumea Riparia
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1995Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- MEDICHEM LIFE SCIENCES
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
Extracts of Blumea aromatic and Blumea riparian were found to exhibit strong inhibitory activity agreverse transcriptase. The extract of Blumea riparian also exhibited antitumor activity. The activethese extracts will be isolated and the chemical structures of the active principles will be elucidadeveloping new anti-AIDS and anti-cancer agents.
Technology keywords
Not reported