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The research team led by Academician Sun Handong in Kunming Institute of Botany,Chinese Academy of Sciences found for the first time that the derivatives of Schisandrachinensis have strong anti-HIV activity which features high activity, low toxicity andspecial physiological mechanism. Relevant preclinical research has been carried out withthe support of National Major Scientific and Technological Special Project for "SignificantNew Drugs Development", making it possible to be a new type of anti-Aids drug.
This article was edited and translated from《我科学家在五味子中发现抗艾滋病毒成分》,source: People's Daily, author: Yang Wenming.