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Table 4 Summary of Antiviral Effects of Lemon and Lime Juice in Cervical Explant Tissues

From: Safety and anti-HIV assessments of natural vaginal cleansing products in an established topical microbicides in vitro testing algorithm

Test Article

Unit

Concentration

p24

Log101

# of donors

Lemon Juice, natural

%

1

2.75

1

 

%

5

02 ± 0

3

 

%

10

0.36 ± 0.5

2

 

%

20

0

1

Lemon Juice, neutral pH

%

5

3.23

1

 

%

10

2.46 ± 0.13

2

Lime Juice, natural

%

1

2.61 ± 0.16

2

 

%

5

0 ± 0

3

 

%

10

0.32 ± 0.55

3

Lime Juice, neutral pH

%

1

3.26 ± 0.32

2

 

%

5

3.53

1

 

%

10

2.22 ± 1.94

3

Untreated HIV-1 Infected Control

  

3.49 ± 0.54

11

  1. 1Data are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation log10 of HIV-1 p24 in each sample.
  2. 20 = Undetectable p24 protein
  3. Juice and vinegar concentrations are expressed as percent (%) solution.
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AIDS Research and Therapy

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