In vitro anti-viral activity of Centella asiatica L., Curcuma longa L. and Strobilanthes crispus L. against herpes virus

Extracts of three different plant species; Curcuma longa L., Centella asiatica L. and Strobilanthes crispus L. which are used widely in Malaysian traditional medicine are investigated for antiviral activity against alpha-herpesvirus (pseudorabies virus). The methanol extract (ME) and aqueous extract...

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Main Authors: H., Hanisa, Mohd Lila, Mohd Azmi, Mohamed, Suhaila, Somchit, Muhammad Nazrul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2014
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author H., Hanisa
Mohd Lila, Mohd Azmi
Mohamed, Suhaila
Somchit, Muhammad Nazrul
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Mohd Lila, Mohd Azmi
Mohamed, Suhaila
Somchit, Muhammad Nazrul
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description Extracts of three different plant species; Curcuma longa L., Centella asiatica L. and Strobilanthes crispus L. which are used widely in Malaysian traditional medicine are investigated for antiviral activity against alpha-herpesvirus (pseudorabies virus). The methanol extract (ME) and aqueous extract (AE) were tested in three cell lines; African Green Monkey Kidney (Vero), Baby Hamster Kidney (BHK) and Rabbit Kidney (RK) cells, at non-cytotoxic concentrations. Assays were developed to determine the characteristics of anti pseudorabies virus (PrV) activities, as anti-viral attachment, anti-prophylactic and /or virucidal. All plant extracts showed marked virucidal ability and considerable prophylactic and anti-viral attachment activities. Plant ME always showed better antiviral activities than plant AE. Curcuma longa L. showed a better virucidal and prophylactic effect (with more than 70% cell viability at 25 μg/ml) for ME and AE. While Centella asiatica L. and Strobilanthes crispus L. were most active as anti-viral attachment agent with percent cell viability up to 60%. It was also found that the anti-viral activities were varies in different cell lines tested. Therefore, the extracts of all three plant species exhibited anti PrV and they could be further investigated for medical purposes.
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spelling upm-380042015-12-18T07:52:30Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38004/ In vitro anti-viral activity of Centella asiatica L., Curcuma longa L. and Strobilanthes crispus L. against herpes virus H., Hanisa Mohd Lila, Mohd Azmi Mohamed, Suhaila Somchit, Muhammad Nazrul Extracts of three different plant species; Curcuma longa L., Centella asiatica L. and Strobilanthes crispus L. which are used widely in Malaysian traditional medicine are investigated for antiviral activity against alpha-herpesvirus (pseudorabies virus). The methanol extract (ME) and aqueous extract (AE) were tested in three cell lines; African Green Monkey Kidney (Vero), Baby Hamster Kidney (BHK) and Rabbit Kidney (RK) cells, at non-cytotoxic concentrations. Assays were developed to determine the characteristics of anti pseudorabies virus (PrV) activities, as anti-viral attachment, anti-prophylactic and /or virucidal. All plant extracts showed marked virucidal ability and considerable prophylactic and anti-viral attachment activities. Plant ME always showed better antiviral activities than plant AE. Curcuma longa L. showed a better virucidal and prophylactic effect (with more than 70% cell viability at 25 μg/ml) for ME and AE. While Centella asiatica L. and Strobilanthes crispus L. were most active as anti-viral attachment agent with percent cell viability up to 60%. It was also found that the anti-viral activities were varies in different cell lines tested. Therefore, the extracts of all three plant species exhibited anti PrV and they could be further investigated for medical purposes. 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38004/1/In%20vitro%20anti-viral%20activity%20of%20Centella%20asiatica%20L.%2C%20Curcuma%20longa%20L.%20and%20Strobilanthes%20crispus%20L.%20against%20herpes%20virus.pdf H., Hanisa and Mohd Lila, Mohd Azmi and Mohamed, Suhaila and Somchit, Muhammad Nazrul (2014) In vitro anti-viral activity of Centella asiatica L., Curcuma longa L. and Strobilanthes crispus L. against herpes virus. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 5 (1B). pp. 42-52. ISSN 0975-6299 http://www.ijpbs.net/archive-issue.php?issueid=25
spellingShingle H., Hanisa
Mohd Lila, Mohd Azmi
Mohamed, Suhaila
Somchit, Muhammad Nazrul
In vitro anti-viral activity of Centella asiatica L., Curcuma longa L. and Strobilanthes crispus L. against herpes virus
title In vitro anti-viral activity of Centella asiatica L., Curcuma longa L. and Strobilanthes crispus L. against herpes virus
title_full In vitro anti-viral activity of Centella asiatica L., Curcuma longa L. and Strobilanthes crispus L. against herpes virus
title_fullStr In vitro anti-viral activity of Centella asiatica L., Curcuma longa L. and Strobilanthes crispus L. against herpes virus
title_full_unstemmed In vitro anti-viral activity of Centella asiatica L., Curcuma longa L. and Strobilanthes crispus L. against herpes virus
title_short In vitro anti-viral activity of Centella asiatica L., Curcuma longa L. and Strobilanthes crispus L. against herpes virus
title_sort in vitro anti-viral activity of centella asiatica l., curcuma longa l. and strobilanthes crispus l. against herpes virus
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