Use of leukotriene B4 or its analogues as antiviral and antineoplastic agents

摘要

The use of leukotriene B4 (LTB4) in the manufacture of therapeutic agent in viral infections caused by human and animal viruses and as an anti-neoplastic agent in the prophylaxis and treatment of cancers induced by tumor viruses and in other neoplastic diseases. The human and animal viruses are DNA viruses, such as parvoviridae, papovaviridae, adenoviridae, herpesviridae, poxviridae and hepadnaviridae; RNA viruses, such as picornaviridae, togaviridae, orthomyxoviridae, paramyxoviridae, coronaviridae, reoviridae, oncornaviridae and filoviridae in general, and Retroviridae such as HIV-1 and HIV-2.