<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rajendra Prasad Gujjeti</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Estari Mamidala</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anti-HIV Activity of Phytosterol Isolated from Aerva lanata Roots</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aerva lanata</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Characterization</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">HIV-1</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Phytosterols</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Reverse transcriptase</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Structural elucidation</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">November 2016</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">9</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">112-116</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background:&lt;/strong&gt; AIDS in humans, which is caused by the HIV remains among the leading causes of death worldwide. &lt;strong&gt;Objective:&lt;/strong&gt; The study was undertaken to investigate the HIV-RT inhibitory activity of Phytotesrols extracted from roots of &lt;em&gt;Aerva lanata&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;Methodology:&lt;/strong&gt; Sequential maceration method was performed for preparation of extracts using hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, acetone and methanol solvents. RetroSys HIV-1 RT (Innovagen, Sweden) kit was used to determine the HIV-RT inhibitory activity of all solvents extracts. &lt;strong&gt;Results &amp;amp; Discussion:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;All extracts showed significant inhibitory activity. Chloroform extracts shows highest inhibition of recombinant HIV-RT (89.0%) at 2 and mg/ml concentration. Phytosterols isolated from chloroform extracts. These results were remarkable and can be used to develop a new drug for HIV treatment or other infectious diseases caused by the pathogenic micro-organisms, for which plant sterols may play a distinctive role. &lt;strong&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/strong&gt; Further work is in progress to evaluate the advanced spectroscopic studies are required for the structural elucidation, identification and characterization of the active compound from this plant.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">112</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rajendra Prasad Gujjeti and Estari Mamidala* &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Department of Zoology, Infectious Diseases and Metabolic Disorders Research Lab, Kakatiya University, Warangal-506009, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;</style></auth-address></record></records></xml>