Antiviral Phenolic Compounds from <i>Arundina gramnifolia</i>

Qiu-Fen Hu, Bin Zhou, Jian Huang, Xue-Mei Gao, Li-Dan Shu, Guang‐Yu Yang, Chun-Tao Che

Journal of Natural Products · 2013 · 194 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

Five new phenolic compounds, gramniphenols C-G (1-5), and eight known compounds (6-13) were isolated from the whole plant of Arundina gramnifolia. Compounds 1, 4, and 5 showed anti-tobacco mosaic virus activity, with IC(50) values of 20.8, 40.8, and 57.7 μM, respectively. Compounds 1-10 were also tested for their anti-HIV-1 activity; compounds 2, 3, and 6 displayed anti-HIV-1 activity with therapeutic index values above 100:1.

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