Butylated hydroxytoluene inactivates lipid-containing viruses

Wallace Snipes; Stanley Person; Alec Keith; James Cupp

doi:10.1126/science.163494

Butylated hydroxytoluene inactivates lipid-containing viruses

Wallace Snipes, Stanley Person, Alec Keith, James Cupp

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Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) is widely used as a food preservative for its antioxidizing property. This small, hydrophobic molecule has been found to be a potent inactivator of lipid-containing mammalian and bacterial viruses.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	64-66
Number of pages	3
Journal	Science
Volume	188
Issue number	4183
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.163494
State	Published - 1975
Externally published	Yes

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Butylated hydroxytoluene inactivates lipid-containing viruses

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