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ArticleChemical biology & drug design2025

Inhibition Effects of Patchouli Alcohol, Carvacrol, p-Cymene, Eucalyptol and Their Formulations Against Influenza Virus Pneumonia Through TLR4/NF-κB/NLRP3 Signaling Pathway.

Ruilin Lv, Yi Li, Yinming Zhao, Qi Zhang, Xiaofang Wu, Xingyu Zhao, Linze Li, Ruying Tang, Jianjun Zhang, Linyuan Wang

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Article in Chemical biology & drug design, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Ruilin LvSchool of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0586-2075
Yi LiSchool of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Yinming ZhaoSchool of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Qi ZhangSchool of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Xiaofang WuSchool of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Xingyu ZhaoSchool of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Linze LiSchool of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Ruying TangSchool of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Jianjun ZhangSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3855-3359
Linyuan WangSchool of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9048-2829

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82141217
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As a kind of drug mostly used historically to treat epidemics, aromatic botanicals have volatile oils as active components. The study aims to evaluate the anti-influenza viral pneumonia effects of volatile monomers patchouli alcohol (PA), carvacrol (CV), p-Cymene (PC), eucalyptol (EC) and their formulations from various aspects through the influenza virus A/PR/8/34 (H1N1) infection experiment in vivo and in vitro and carry out in-depth studies on the anti-inflammatory mechanisms. In this study, we found that all four volatile monomers mentioned above could exert antiviral effects by suppressing pulmonary viral load and lung index and improving lung lesions in mice with influenza pneumonia. In addition, elevated levels of cytokines and chemokines in the serum were suppressed, the proportion of T-lymphocytes in the peripheral blood was altered, and antioxidative stress indices were improved, whose mechanism of action related to anti-inflammation, possibly acting on the Toll-Like Receptor 4/Nuclear Factor-κB/nucleotide-binding domain leucine-rich repeat and pyrin domain-containing receptor 3 (TLR4/NF-κB/NLRP3) pathway. The study provides an experimental basis for volatile monomers and their formulations of aromatic herbs for treating influenza virus pneumonia.

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Antiviral AgentsMonoterpenesSignal TransductionAnimalsCymenesCytokinesEucalyptolHumansInfluenza A Virus, H1N1 SubtypeLungMadin Darby Canine Kidney CellsMiceMice, Inbred BALB CNF-kappa BNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinOrthomyxoviridae Infections4-cymeneAntiviral AgentscarvacrolCymenesCytokinesEucalyptolMonoterpenesNF-kappa BNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Proteinpatchouli alcoholSesquiterpenesToll-Like Receptor 4antiviral activitycarvacroleucalyptolinflammationinfluenza virus type apatchouli alcoholp‐cymeneTLR4/NF‐κB/NLRP3 signaling pathway

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PMID40757669
PMCPMC12320473

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