- 著者
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Nawawi As'ari
Ma Chao-mei
Nakamura Norio
HATTORI Masao
KUROKAWA Masahiko
SHIRAKI Kimiyasu
KASHIWABA Noriaki
ONO Minoru
- 出版者
- 公益社団法人日本薬学会
- 雑誌
- Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin (ISSN:09186158)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.22, no.3, pp.268-274, 1999-03-15
- 被引用文献数
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3
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By screening water and MeOH extracts of 30 Chinese medicinal plants for their anti-herpes simplex virus (HSV)-1 activity, a MeOH extract of the root tubers of Stephania cepharantha HAYATA showed the most potent activity on the plaque reduction assay with an IC_<50> value of 18.0 μg/ml. Of 49 alkaloids isolated from the MeOH extract, 17 alkaloids were found to be active against HSV-1,including 13 bisbenzylisoquinoline, 1 protoberberine, 2 morphinane and 1 proaporphine alkaloids, while benzylisoquinoline and hasubanane alkaloids were inactive. Although N-methylcrotsparine was active against HSV-1,as well as HSV-1 thymidine kinase deficient (acyclovir resistant type, HSV-1 TK^-)and HSV-2 (IC_<50> values of 8.3,7.7 and 6.7 μg/ml, respectively), it was cytotoxic. FK-3000 was found to be the most active against HSV-1,HSV-1 TK^- and HSV-2 (IC_<50> values of 7.8,9.9 and 8.7 μg/ml) with in vitro therapeutic indices of 90,71 and 81,respectively. FK-3000 was found to be a promising candidate as an anti-HSV agent against HSV-1,acyclovir (ACV) resistant-type HSV-1 and HSV-2.