Research progress on marine Chinese materia medica with antiviral effect / 中草药

Viral diseases caused by virus infection have the characteristics of strong pathogenicity, high incidence of disease and easy to produce drug resistance. At present, chemical drugs are commonly used in clinical treatment to fight viral diseases, but the therapeutic effect of chemical drugs is not significant and most of them have toxic and side effects, which are easy to cause secondary injury to patients. The complexity of the active ingredients of Chinese materia medica makes it play an antiviral role at multiple levels and targets. Marine traditional medicine species are rich and diverse, it has been suggested that they have good antiviral effect and low side effects. The development and application of marine Chinese materia medica with anti-virus effect will attract more attention in the future, and has a broad market prospect. In this paper, 250 kinds of marine Chinese materia medica with antiviral effect recorded in the book "Marine traditional Chinese medicine" were reviewed, hoping to provide some reference for the basic and clinical research of marine Chinese materia medica with antiviral effect.

Genetic diversity in three populations of Avicennia marina along the eastcoast of India by RAPD markers.

Genetic diversity was analysed in three populations of the mangrove species, Avicennia marina by using random amplified polymorphic DNA-polymerase chain reaction (RAPD-PCR). Ten random decamer primers were used to score the diversity from three locations of eastcoast of India: Parangipettai (Tamil Nadu), Kakkinada (Andhra Pradesh) and Sundarbans (West Bengal). These primers produced 388 scorable DNA fragments, of which 252 (64.98%) were polymorphic, 182 (46.90%) were monomorphic, and 14 (3.61%) were unique. RAPD banding patterns displayed variations between and within the populations, while, there was no morphological variation.

Isolation of antibacterials from the mangrove, Avicennia marina and their activity against multi drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Objective: leaf extract of A. marina was tested on the growth of clinically isolated multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus and its bioactive compounds were attempted. Method: Clinical strain of Staphylococcus aureus, were isolated from sputum, pus and blood of different patients and 22 strains were screened for antibiotic susceptibility. Avicennia marina was extracted in different solvents and antibacterial assay was carried out using Kirby-Bauer’s disk diffusion method. Crude methanol extract of the mangrove was loaded on a silica gel column and eluted with chloroform and methanol (9:1 to 1:9) followed by ethyl acetate and methanol (9:1 to 1:9). Based on in vitro assay, the 12th fraction was subjected for minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC). The active fraction was analysed by using a Clarus 500 Perkin Elmer gas chromatography. Result: Based on the antibiotic susceptibility test, six strains (RMSA 6, RMSA12, RMSA16, RMSA18, RMSA19 and RMSA21) were resistance against methicillin, vancomycin and ciprofloxacin. The results indicated that the methanolic leaf extract showed the highest antibacterial activity against all the tested strains RMSA 6 (16mm), RMSA12 (15 mm), RMSA16 (13 mm), RMSA18 (10 mm), RMSA19 (17 mm) and RMSA21 (16 mm). The MIC of the partially purified extract showed potential results against all the multidrug resistant strains however, the lowest concentration was recorded against RMSA 6, RMSA19 and RMSA21 strain. In the GC-MS results, 5 bioactive compounds were identified from the partially purified extract of A.marina. Conclusion:The methanolic extract of A. marina has the more potential candidate to inhibit against multidrug resistant S. aureus.

Isolation and identification of compounds from marine mangrove plant Avicennia marina / 北京大学学报(医学版)

Objective:To investigate the chemical constituents from Avicennia marina.Methods:The isolation and purification of the CH2Cl2 and n-BuOH fractions of this plant were performed,and the chemical structures were elucidated by spectral analysis as well as comparison of their spectral data with literature values.Results:Three novel compounds were obtained and identified as erythro-guaiacylglycerol-?-ferulic acid ether(1),marinnone A(16) and marinnone B(17),along with eighteen known compounds as threo-guaiacylglycerol-?-ferulic acid ether(2),eleutheroside E2(3),(+)-lirioresinol A(4),dihydroxymethyl-bis(3,5-dimethoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl) tetrahydrofuran-9-O-?-glucopyranoside(5),(+)-lyoniresinol 3a-O-?-D-glucopyranoside(6),(-)-lyoniresinol 3a-O-?-D-glucopyranoside(7),epi-pinoresinol(8),leucoseceptoside A(9),jionoside C(10),salsaside A(11),ilicifolioside A(12),acteoside(13),isoacteoside(14),ethyl ferulate(15),avicennone D(18),avicenone E(19),avicennol C(20),and stenocarpoquinone B(21).Conclusion:Three new compounds(1,16 and 17) were obtained and thirteen known compounds,2-12,14 and 15 were isolated from Avicennia genus for the first time.

Chemical constituents in aerial parts of mangrove plant Avicennia marina / 中草药

Objective To investigate the chemical constituents in the aerial parts of mangrove plant Avicennia marina. Methods The isolated compounds Ⅰ-Ⅹ were obtained by the combination of silica gel, Sephadex LH-20 column chromatographies and by semi-preparative HPLC separation. Structural elucidation was conducted by the modern spectral method. Results Ten compounds were isolated and identified from the aerial parts of A. marina, including acteoside (Ⅰ), isoacteoside (Ⅱ), syringaresinol (Ⅲ), 5, 7-dihydroxy-3′, 4′, 5′-trimethoxyflavone (Ⅳ), indolyl-3-carboxylic acid (Ⅴ), betulinic acid (Ⅵ), betullin (Ⅶ), lupeol (Ⅷ), avicequinone C (Ⅸ), and kaempferol (Ⅹ). Conclusion Compounds Ⅰ-Ⅵ are isolated from A. marina for the first time.