Published in AIDS Weekly, January 4th, 2010
"These compounds inhibited HIV-1 protease with IC50 values of 7.5 and 1.0 mu g/mL, respectively. Kinetic studies using Zhang-Poorman and Lineweaver plots revealed that compound 2 competitively inhibited the active site of the enzyme, whereas the tetracyclic triterpene schisanlactone A, previously isolated from the same fungus, was a dimerization inhibitor, with an IC50 value of 5.0 mu g/mL," wrote R.S. Eldine and colleagues, Toyama University.
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2010-01-04)
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