title: Assay for antiviral activity of herbal extracts using their absorbed sera.
abstract: We evaluated an antiviral assay procedure using serum obtained from guinea pigs administered 32 herbal extracts. In this assay, 21 of the 32 showed anti-herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) activity in serum. Ten of the 21 exhibited therapeutic anti-HSV-1 activity, and this was consistent with our previous results that 12 of the 32 were effective in murine infection models. Therefore, the serum pharmacological assay procedure was suitable for the selection of possible herbal extracts with biological activity in vivo as a pre-screening method before animal experiments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurokawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohyama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hozumi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Namba
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shiraki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D018259:Herpesvirus 1, Human / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014709:Vero Cells; D014779:Virus Replication / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts