An Experimental Study on Antiviral Activities of Black Tea, Blue Tea and Dark Tea against Rotavirus
Abstract: The study on the inhibitory activities of Black Tea, Blue Tea and Dark Tea against Rotavirus was carried out in cell culture by using CPE inhibition method, The experimental results indicated that both the Black Tea liquor and the Blue Tea liquor at dilution titer 1/1000(40μg of the tea at 1 ml cell culture solution) and the Dark Tea liquor at dilution titer 1/100 had rather strong inhibitory activities against the rotavirus. The results also showed that the tea liquors at dilution titer 1/10(4 mg of the te...