PART 1: Screening of Thirty-one Medicinal Plant Species Against Herpes Simplex Virus, Acetone and Methanol Extracts from the Root Tissue of <em>Kalanchoe pinnata</em> Interferes with HSV Types 1 and 2 DNA replication and Early and Late Gene Expression Preventing the Spread of HSV <em>in vitro</em>. PART 2: Professional Development Curriculum: Integrating Molecular Biology and Microbiology into the Existing Secondary Biology Curricula

PART 1: Thirty-one medicinal plant species from Hawaii, Morocco, and the Sonoran Desert, USA have been shown in past studies to be highly inhibitory to pathogenic bacteria, fungi, and certain cancer cell lines. However, none were tested for antiviral activity. Acetone and methanol extracts from thes...

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