Tilorone Hydrochloride: Mode of Action
Gerald D. Mayer 1 and
Russell F. Krueger 1
1 Department of Microbiology, The Wm. S. Merrell Company, Division of Richardson-Merrell Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio 45215
An antiviral serum component is found in mice treated orally with tilorone hydrochloride. The active material fulfills sufficient biological criteria to be classified as an interferon.