1. 実験的な抗ウイルス薬剤
2. RNA ウイルスに対応して RNA 重合酵素を選択的に抑制
3. influenza viruses, West Nile virus, yellow fever virus, foot-and-mouth disease virus, flaviviruses, arenaviruses, bunyaviruses and alphavirusesに活性化になる
4. RNA ウイルスに対して生存ドル可能な表現型で 転換突然変異を 誘導する
5. 哺乳類細胞の RNAや DNA 合成を抑制しなくて, 哺乳類細胞に毒性がない
6. 2014年に日本でインフルエンザ対応目的に備蓄が承認される
7. 人間の主要祈祷細胞に対しては效能を見せてくれなくてインフルエンザ治療に対しては效果があるのか疑心される
8. 鼠エボラウイルスに対しては效能を見せてくれるが, 人間エボラウイルスに対しては效能が証明されない.
9. フランスでこの薬を飲んでエボラウイルスから治ったという報告があって, 他の国々でも血中私‾中農島のエボラウイルスによる致死率を低めてくれたと報告される. 高濃度のエボラウイルスに対しては效果がなし
10. 現在ウハンコロナバイロスにも使用中
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