antiviral activities against a variety of unrelated viruses by alleviating the oxidative stress generated by viruses [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] . Mechanistically, it is believed that these viruses induce apoptosis by oxidative stress mediated via ROS. Interference with this pathway by antioxidants is believed to inhibit virus-induced apoptosis and thus inhibit efficient virus multiplication. In contrast, there are also reports indicating that under certain conditions compounds act as a pro-apoptotic drug [21] [22] [23] . Depending on the viral system analyzed, antioxidative compounds differ in their ability to reduce virus growth [7, 24, 25] .