Antiseptic myramistin possesses the strong anti-HIV properties.

The anti-HIV properties of cation detergent myramistin were studied. The dose-dependent slowing down both of the HIV antigens accumulation in supernatants and the virus-dependent cell death was shown at myramistin concentrations 30 micrograms/ml and 50 micrograms/ml in the MT-4 cell line. Simultaneous addition of the trace amount of the detergents and HIV-1 to the cells of Jurkat-tat line did not stimulate the HIV p24 production for 4 days of the experiment.