Antiviral activity of lignans and their glycosides from Justicia procumbens

Phytochemistry. 1996 Jun;42(3):713-7. doi: 10.1016/0031-9422(96)00024-6.

Abstract

Ten antiviral lignans, seven known (justicidins A, B, C and D, diphyllin, diphyllin apioside and diphyllin apioside-5-acetate) and three new compounds, justicidinosides A (justicidin C 6'-O-glucoside), B (justicidin A 6'-O-glucoside) and C (justicidin B 6'-O-glucoside), were isolated from a methanolic extract of the aerial parts of Justicia procumbens var. leucantha. Justicidins A and B, diphyllin, diphyllin apioside and diphyllin apioside-5-acetate showed strong antiviral activity (the MIC were less than 0.25 microgram ml-1, respectively) against vesicular stomatitis virus and low cytotoxicity (the MTC were larger than 31 micrograms ml-1, respectively) against cultured rabbit lung cells (RL-33).

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antiviral Agents / chemistry
  • Antiviral Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antiviral Agents / pharmacology
  • Benzodioxoles
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • China
  • Dioxolanes / chemistry
  • Dioxolanes / isolation & purification*
  • Dioxolanes / pharmacology
  • Glycosides / chemistry
  • Glycosides / isolation & purification*
  • Glycosides / pharmacology
  • Lignans / chemistry
  • Lignans / isolation & purification*
  • Lignans / pharmacology
  • Lung
  • Molecular Structure
  • Plants, Medicinal*
  • Rabbits
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment
  • Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus / drug effects*

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Benzodioxoles
  • Dioxolanes
  • Glycosides
  • Lignans
  • diphyllin