›› 2012, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (6): 200-204.

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Efficacy of Ten Chinese Herbal Medicine against H1N1 Swine Influenza Virus in Vitro

XU Zhen-na1,2, WANG Bing-yun2, JI Hui-qin2, CHEN Zhi-sheng2, CHEN Sheng-feng2, YANG Hong2, HE Yong-ming2, CHEN Jin-ding1   

  1. 1. College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China;
    2. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Foshan Science and Technology University, Foshan 528231, China
  • Revised:2011-11-18 Online:2012-06-20 Published:2012-07-02

Abstract: To observe the efficacy of ten Chinese herbal medicine against swine influenza virus, cinnamomi ramulus etc ten Chinese herbal medicine were investigated the antiviral action by chicken embryo culture and hemagglutination test in three ways to add medicine. Then, the Chinese herbal medicine that had predominance efficacy was selected to determine their therapeutic index (TI) and 50% effective dose (ED50). The results showed that: cinnamomi ramulus and herbal ephedrae have most predominance efficacy against swine influenza virus.

Key words: swine influenza virus; Chinese herbal medicine; chicken embryo

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