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ArticleViruses2020

Saxifraga spinulosa-Derived Components Rapidly Inactivate Multiple Viruses Including SARS-CoV-2.

Yohei Takeda, Toshihiro Murata, Dulamjav Jamsransuren, Keisuke Suganuma, Yuta Kazami, Javzan Batkhuu, Duger Badral, Haruko Ogawa

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Article in Viruses, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yohei TakedaResearch Center for Global Agromedicine, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, 2-11 Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan.
Toshihiro MurataDepartment of Pharmacognosy, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 4-1-1 Komatsushima, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8558, Japan.
Dulamjav JamsransurenDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, 2-11 Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan.
Keisuke SuganumaResearch Center for Global Agromedicine, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, 2-11 Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan.
Yuta KazamiDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, 2-11 Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan.
Javzan BatkhuuSchool of Engineering and Applied Sciences, National University of Mongolia, P.O.B-617/46A, Ulaanbaatar 14201, Mongolia.
Duger BadralMongolian University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ulaanbaatar 18130, Mongolia.
Haruko OgawaDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, 2-11 Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan.
Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine · JPNational University of Mongolia · MNTohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University · JP

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 19K16397Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences 19K07212
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), influenza A virus (IAV), and norovirus (NV) are highly contagious pathogens that threaten human health. Here we focused on the antiviral potential of the medicinal herb, Saxifraga spinulosa (SS). Water-soluble extracts of SS were prepared, and their virus-inactivating activity was evaluated against the human virus pathogens SARS-CoV-2 and IAV; we also examined virucidal activity against feline calicivirus and murine norovirus, which are surrogates for human NV. Among our findings, we found that SS-derived gallocatechin gallate compounds were capable of inactivating all viruses tested. Interestingly, a pyrogallol-enriched fraction (Fr 1C) inactivated all viruses more rapidly and effectively than did any of the component compounds used alone. We found that 25 µg/mL of Fr 1C inactivated >99.6% of SARS-CoV-2 within 10 s (reduction of ≥2.33 log

Indexed as

Plants, MedicinalSaxifragaceaeAntiviral AgentsBetacoronavirusCalicivirus, FelineElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelGenome, ViralHemagglutination TestsHumansInfluenza A virusMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionNorovirusPlant ExtractsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSARS-CoV-2Viral ProteinsAntiviral AgentsPlant ExtractsViral Proteinsmedicinal herbpandemicpyrogallol-enriched fractionSARS-CoV-2Saxifraga spinulosavirus disinfectant

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PMID32605306
PMCPMC7411974
OpenAlexW3037481609

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