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Author(s): M Chandramohan¹, SC Vivekananthan¹, D Sivakumar¹, P Selvam², J Neyts³, G Katrien³, E De Clercq^3
1 Bharat Ratna Kamarajar Jaundice, Liver Hospital and Research Centre, Madurai-625 001, India ² Arulmigu Kalasalingam College of Pharmacy, Krishnankoil-626 190, India ³ Rega Institute of Medical Research, Katholieke University, B-3000, Leuvan, Belgium, India

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M Chandramohan Bharat Ratna Kamarajar Jaundice, Liver Hospital and Research Centre, Madurai-625 001 India E-mail: kamaraj_liver_hospital@yahoo.com

Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine screened for antiviral activity against Hepatitis C virus in Huh-5-2 cells. Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine reduces the HCV RNA and promote the cell growth with respect to untreated control at concentration of 10.75 µM and 6.6 µM respectively.

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