In vitro screening of traditionally used medicinal plants in China against Enteroviruses

Table 1 In vitro anti-Coxsackie virus B3 activity of 16 traditionally used medicinal plants in China

Infusion	Used part	Antiviral activity
		Viral inactivation	Inhibition of adsorption	Inhibition of replication
Arctium lappa L.	Seeds	+++	+	+
Belam anda chinensis (L.) DC	Stem and root	+++	+	+
Cyrtomium fortunei J. sm.	Stem	++++	+++	+++
Dictamnus dasycarpus Turcz.	Root	+++	+	+
Ephedra Sinica stapf	Stem	++++	+	++
Epimedium brevicornum Maxim.	Stem and leaf	+++	+	+
Herba patriniae.	Whole grass	+++	+	+
Lindera aggregata (Sims) Kostem.	Root	+++	+	+
Lygodium japonicum (Thunb) Sw.	Seeds	+++	+	+
Paeonia lactiftora Pall.	Root	+++	+	++
Paeonia veitchii Lynch	Root	++++	+	++
Plantago asiatica L.	Seeds	+++	+	+
Sargentodoxa cuneata (Oliv) Reld.et.Wils	Stem	++++	+++	+++
Sophora tonkinensis Gapnep.	Root	++++	+	++
Spatholobus suberectus Dunn	Stem	++++	+++	+++
Terminalia chebula Retz	Seeds	+++	+	+

++++: the strongest antiviral activity; +++: strong antiviral activity; ++: the modest antiviral activity; +: the weak antiviral activity; -: no antiviral activity.