Anti-Influenza Virus Activity and Chemical Components from the Parasitic Plant Cuscuta japonica Choisy on Dimocarpus longans Lour

• Published in: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 25; no. 19; p. 4427
• Main Authors: Cheng, Ju-Chien, Liaw, Chia-Ching, Lin, Ming-Kuem, Chen, Chao-Jung, Chao, Chien-Liang, Chao, Chih-Hua, Kuo, Yueh-Hsiung, Chiu, Yen-Po, Peng, Yu-Shin, Huang, Hui-Chi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 26.09.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Animals; Antiviral Agents - chemistry; Antiviral Agents - pharmacology; Antiviral drugs; Carbon; Cuscuta - chemistry; Cuscuta japonica Choisy; cuscutasides; Cytotoxicity; Dimocarpus longans Lour; Dogs; Fatty acids; Influenza; influenza A virus (IAV); Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype - growth & development; Madin Darby Canine Kidney Cells; Orthomyxoviridae Infections - drug therapy; Orthomyxoviridae Infections - metabolism; Orthomyxoviridae Infections - pathology; parasitic plant; Phytochemicals; Plant Extracts - chemistry; Plant Extracts - pharmacology; Sapindaceae; Seeds; Spectrum analysis; cuscutasides; parasitic plant; Cuscuta japonica Choisy; Dimocarpus longans Lour; influenza A virus (IAV)

Dodder (Cuscuta spp.) is a parasitic weed damaging many plants and agricultural production. The native obligate parasite Cuscuta japonica Choisy (Japanese dodder) parasitizes Dimocarpus longans Lour., Ficus septica Burm. F., Ficus microcarpa L.f., Mikania micrantha H.B.K. and Melia azedarach Linn, r...