Antiviral biflavonoids from Radix Wikstroemiae (Liaogewanggen).docVIP

Huang et al. Chinese Medicine 2010, 5:23 /content/5/1/23 RESEARCH Open Access Antiviral biflavonoids from Research Radix Wikstroemiae (Liaogewanggen) Weihuan Huang1, Xiaoli Zhang2,3, Yifei Wang4, Wencai Ye2,3, Vincent EC Ooi1, Hau Yin Chung1 and Yaolan Li*2,3 Abstract Background: Radix Wikstroemiae is a common Chinese herbal medicine. The ethyl acetate fraction of the ethanolic extract of W. indica possesses potent in vitro antiviral activity against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). This study aims to identify the antiviral components of t