Prophylactic treatment of cytomegalovirus infection with traditional herbs

Tomoyo A. Yukawa, Masahiko Kurokawa, Hitoshi Sato, Yoshihiro Yoshida, Seiji Kageyama, Tomomi Hasegawa, Tuneo Namba, Masami Imakita, Toyoharu Hozumi, Kimiyasu Shiraki*

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研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿学術論文査読

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Hot water extracts of four traditional herbs, Geum japonicum, Syzygium aromaticum, Terminalia chebula and Rhus javanica, which have been shown to have anti-herpes simplex virus (HSV) activity in vivo, were examined for anti-cytomegalovirus (CMV) activity in vitro and in vivo in this study. They inhibited replication of human CMV and murine CMV (MCMV) in vitro. These anti-CMV activities in vivo were examined in an MCMV infection model using immunosuppressed mice. Mice were subcutaneously treated with various doses of cyclosporine, and immunosuppression and MCMV infection were monitored by suppression of antibody production and virus yield in the lung, respectively. Each herbal extract was orally administered to mice treated with 50 mg/kg of cyclosporine from a day before intraperitoneal infection, and the efficacy of herbs was evaluated by the reduction in the virus yield in the lung. Among them Geum japonicum, Syzygium aromaticum, and Terminalia chebula significantly suppressed MCMV yields in lungs of treated mice compared with water treatment. Efficacy of oral treatment with 750 mg/kg per day of Geum japonicum extract was similar to that of the intraperitoneal administration of 2 mg/kg per day of ganciclovir in increasing the body weight of infected mice and reducing the virus yield in the lungs. These herbs may be beneficial for the prophylaxis of CMV diseases in immunocompromised patients.

本文言語英語
ページ(範囲)63-70
ページ数8
ジャーナルAntiviral Research
32
2
DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 1996/10

ASJC Scopus 主題領域

  • 薬理学
  • ウイルス学

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