Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33882983›Full record

ArticleVirology journal2021

Antiviral Activities of a Medicinal Plant Extract Against Sacbrood Virus in Honeybees.

Liping Sun, Xueqi Zhang, Shufa Xu, Chunsheng Hou, Jin Xu, Dongxiang Zhao, Yanping Chen

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Virology journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Article
  7. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Liping Sun *Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100093, People's Republic of China.
Xueqi Zhang *Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100093, People's Republic of China.
Shufa XuInstitute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100093, People's Republic of China.
Chunsheng HouInstitute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100093, People's Republic of China.
Jin XuInstitute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100093, People's Republic of China.
Dongxiang ZhaoInstitute of Environment and Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, 571101, Hainan, People's Republic of China. dongxiangzh@163.com.
Yanping ChenUSDA-ARS Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA. judy.chen@ars.usda.gov.ORCID 0000-0002-5224-1100
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences · CNChinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences · CNAgricultural Research Service · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSacbrood is an infectious disease of the honey bee caused by Scbrood virus (SBV) which belongs to the family Iflaviridae and is especially lethal for Asian honeybee Apis cerana. Chinese Sacbrood virus (CSBV) is a geographic strain of SBV. Currently, there is a lack of an effective antiviral agent for controlling CSBV infection in honey bees.

methodsHere, we explored the antiviral effect of a Chinese medicinal herb Radix isatidis on CSBV infection in A. cerana by inoculating the 3rd instar larvae with purified CSBV and treating the infected bee larvae with R. isatidis extract at the same time. The growth, development, and survival of larvae between the control and treatment groups were compared. The CSBV copy number at the 4th instar, 5th instar, and 6th instar larvae was measured by the absolute quantification PCR method.

resultsBioassays revealed that R. isatidis extract significantly inhibited the replication of CSBV, mitigated the impacts of CSBV on larval growth and development, reduced the mortality of CSBV-infected A. cerana larvae, and modulated the expression of immune transcripts in infected bees.

conclusionAlthough the mechanism underlying the inhibition of CSBV replication by the medicine plant will require further investigation, this study demonstrated the antiviral activity of R. isatidis extract and provides a potential strategy for controlling SBV infection in honey bees.

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsPlant ExtractsPlants, MedicinalAnimalsBeesLarvaRNA VirusesAntiviral AgentsPlant ExtractsAntiviral agentApis ceranaChinese sacbrood virusHerbal medicineImmunity

Identifiers

PMID33882983
PMCPMC8059305
OpenAlexW3156691192

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.