An anti-influenza component of the bark of Alnus japonica

Arch Pharm Res. 2010 Mar;33(3):363-7. doi: 10.1007/s12272-010-0303-5. Epub 2010 Mar 30.

Abstract

This study to identify anti-influenza components of the bark of Alnus japonica resulted in the isolation of four lupane-type triterpenes (1-4) and one steroid (5). Their structures were characterized on the basis of physicochemical properties, NMR evidence, and ESI-MS data compared with reported data in the literature. Betulinic aldehyde (3) exhibited a particularly strong anti-influenza effect against KBNP-0028 relative to a positive control.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alnus* / chemistry
  • Animals
  • Antiviral Agents / chemistry
  • Antiviral Agents / isolation & purification
  • Antiviral Agents / pharmacology*
  • Antiviral Agents / toxicity
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Chick Embryo
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Fibroblasts / drug effects
  • Fibroblasts / pathology
  • Influenza A Virus, H9N2 Subtype / drug effects*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Structure
  • Pentacyclic Triterpenes / pharmacology
  • Plant Bark
  • Sitosterols / pharmacology
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
  • Steroids / chemistry
  • Steroids / isolation & purification
  • Steroids / pharmacology*
  • Steroids / toxicity
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Triterpenes / chemistry
  • Triterpenes / isolation & purification
  • Triterpenes / pharmacology*
  • Triterpenes / toxicity

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Pentacyclic Triterpenes
  • Sitosterols
  • Steroids
  • Triterpenes
  • gamma-sitosterol
  • betulin
  • lupeol