- 著者
- Woo-Jin SHIN Young-Kyung KIM Kwang-Hee LEE Baik-Lin SEONG
- 出版者
- Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry
- 雑誌
- Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry (ISSN:09168451)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.76, no.3, pp.581-584, 2012-03-23 (Released:2012-03-23)
- 参考文献数
- 27
- 被引用文献数
- 8 1
Based on the broad-spectrum antiviral effect of green tea catechins, we established an experimental skin contact model for influenza virus transmission and evaluated the use of a green tea solution as a first-hand disinfectant. The infectivity of the virus on the skin cell layer became obsolete when washed with the green tea solution. The skin contact model could be applied to develop non-pharmaceutical intervention measures for reducing human transmission of the influenza virus.