COMPOSITION AGAINST AIDS VIRUS AND METHOD OF SELECTIVELY INACTIVATING VIRUS-INFECTED CELLS

摘要

An antiviral composition having an effect of selectively inactivating virus-infected cells which comprises, as the active ingredient, iodine ion or a compound forming iodine ion; a functional food containing the antiviral composition as described above and thus having an antiviral function imparted thereto; and an antiviral drug comprising the antiviral composition as described above and having an effect of selectively inactivating virus-infected cells. Thus, it is intended to provide a novel antiviral composition and so on having a function of selectively inactivating AIDS virus-infected cells, viral cancer cells, etc.