HUBEI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ›› 2021, Vol. 60 ›› Issue (18): 5-8.doi: 10.14088/j.cnki.issn0439-8114.2021.18.001

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Research progress of astragalus extracton on antiviral effects

WU Chang-hong, YANG Ying   

  1. School of Life Sciences,Tianjin University,Tianjin 300072,China
  • Received:2020-07-02 Online:2021-09-25 Published:2021-10-11

Abstract: Astragalus is a traditional Chinese medicine. The main chemical composition of astragalus contains various active substances, such as flavonoids, saponins and polysaccharides, which have various functions like anti-virus, anti-tumor, and activating immunesystem. Moreover, astragalus showed an extensive antiviral effects, including human viruses and animal viruses, such as herpes virus, hepatitis B virus, avian influenza virus, porcine circovirus, etc. This article summarized the antiviral effects of astragalus. It will provide some ideas on developing the application of astragaluson antiviral research.

Key words: astragalus, antiviral effects, traditional Chinese medicine, mechanism

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