KR20110094935A - Anti-viral agent against avian influenza virus comprising green tea - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An antiviral agent for avian influenza, containing green tea is provided to effectively treat or prevent flue including avian influenza. CONSTITUTION: An antiviral agent for avian influenza for contains 0.01-10 weight parts of green tea as an active ingredient. The green tea is administered in a drink using green tea extract or feed additive using green tea powder. The drink is prepared by hot water extraction by adding 100-1000 weight parts of water to 1 weight part of green tea powder. The feed additive contains 0.01-30 weight parts of green tea powder in 100 weight parts of feed. A neutraceutical food for avian influenza contains green tea as an active ingredient.

Description

Anti-viral agent against avian influenza virus containing green tea}

The present invention is a bird influenza containing a green tea that can treat or prevent avian influenza by using a low-resistance food, ie, green tea, which is a low-resistance against influenza diseases, which is a representative respiratory disease with high vaccine dependency and limited existing therapeutic effects. It relates to an antiviral agent for.

During the 20th century, four outbreaks of pandemic influenza caused by influenza viruses (a pandemic infectious disease caused by highly pathogenic influenza) resulted in the loss of numerous lives and significant economic losses.

The emergence of the new influenza virus has led to the prediction that pandemic is imminent again, of which H5N1 is highly pathogenic and infects various visceral organs in chickens, with a mortality rate of 90 to 100% within 48 hours. Eighteen people were infected, six of them died, and later began in Asia in late 2003, spreading to Europe and Africa. To date, a total of 382 cases of H5N1 infection reported to the WHO, including 241 deaths, accounted for more than 60%. The mortality rate is feared worldwide.

The WHO recently announced the Global Influenza Preparedness Plan (May 2005) and warned of the potential for serious deaths and serious socioeconomic crises, with an estimated 100,000 deaths worldwide during the pandemic. The main causes of human infection by H5N1, H7N7, and H9N2 viruses have been identified, and the World Health Organization (WHO) continues to warn that it can cause human injury, panic and economic paralysis worldwide. It is urging measures to be taken.

On the other hand, the number of papers on the various physiological activities of green tea is rapidly increasing, which reflects the interest of the world to functionally use its activity on the human body in addition to the increase in palatability as an existing beverage.

The inventors have completed the present invention by revealing that the green tea component actually significantly inhibits the infection of the H9N2 virus from chickens.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to verify the antiviral function of the Avian influenza virus (AI) of green tea and apply it to the AI diffusion prevention technology in farms.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to utilize the food material used in everyday life, that is, green tea to solve the social anxiety, such as the generation of AI farmers and their human body concerns, and to develop new products using new functions of green tea.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an antiviral agent against avian influenza containing green tea as an active ingredient.

In the antiviral agent according to the present invention, the green tea may be contained in an amount of 0.01 to 10 parts by weight, and more preferably 0.4 to 1 part by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the antiviral agent in total. If the green tea is contained in a small amount out of the above content range, the antiviral effect on the avian influenza is insignificant, while when the green tea is contained in an excessive amount, it is not preferable economically.

In addition, the green tea may be provided as a form of a feed additive using a green tea extract or a feed additive using green tea powder.

The beverage administration agent may be extracted by adding 100 to 1000 parts by weight of any one solvent selected from the group consisting of water, ethyl acetate, chloroform, hexane, C1-C4 alcohol and mixtures thereof based on 1 part by weight of green tea powder, Preferably, hot water may be extracted by adding 100 to 1000 parts by weight of water with respect to 1 part by weight of green tea powder.

The feed additive preferably contains 0.01 to 30 parts by weight of green tea powder with respect to 100 parts by weight of feed. For example, add 0.01 to 30 parts by weight of green tea powder produced by Hadong-gun Hwagae Agricultural Cooperatives with respect to 100 parts by weight of feed powder produced by Suhyup Co., Ltd., and add 80 times the water per weight of the feed. Extract the bath at ℃. The extract thus obtained is filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to double the solids content to prepare a feed additive.

Green tea is administered to the chickens at regular intervals while the green tea provided in the form of a drink or feed additive is infected with the chicken with the low pathogenic avian influenza virus, and the viral load change is monitored from the infected chicken after a certain period of time. The virus is isolated from chicken respiratory tract and anus, and the titer of the virus is measured by cell culture, HI (hemagglutination inhibition) analysis, and plaque assay.

In addition, the antiviral agent according to the present invention may further comprise a suitable carrier, excipient or diluent commonly used in the manufacture of pharmaceutical compositions.

Carriers, excipients or diluents which may be included in the antiviral agent according to the present invention include lactose, dextrose, sucrose, sorbitol, mannitol, xylitol, erythritol, maltitol, starch, acacia rubber, alginate, gelatin, calcium phosphate, Calcium silicate, cellulose, methyl cellulose, microcrystalline cellulose, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, water, methylhydroxybenzoate, propylhydroxybenzoate, talc, magnesium stearate and mineral oil.

The antiviral agents according to the present invention can be used in the form of powders, granules, tablets, capsules, suspensions, emulsions, syrups, aerosols and the like, oral formulations, suppositories, and sterile injectable solutions, respectively, according to conventional methods. Can be.

When formulated, diluents or excipients such as fillers, extenders, binders, wetting agents, disintegrating agents, and surfactants are usually used. Solid form preparations for oral administration include tablets, pills, powders, granules, capsules, and the like, which form at least one excipient such as starch, calcium carbonate, sucrose or Prepare by mixing lactose, gelatin, etc.

In addition to simple excipients, lubricants such as magnesium styrate and talc are also used. Oral liquid preparations include suspensions, solvents, emulsions, and syrups, and may include various excipients, such as wetting agents, sweeteners, fragrances, and preservatives, in addition to commonly used simple diluents such as water and liquid paraffin. .

Formulations for parenteral administration include sterile aqueous solutions, non-aqueous solvents, suspensions, emulsions, lyophilized preparations, suppositories. As the non-aqueous solvent and suspending agent, propylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, vegetable oil such as olive oil, injectable ester such as ethyl oleate and the like can be used. As the base of the suppository, witepsol, macrogol, tween 61, cacao butter, laurin butter, glycerogelatin and the like can be used.

The amount of antiviral agent according to the present invention may vary depending on the age, sex, and weight of the patient, but the amount of 1 to 100 mg / kg, preferably 16.24 to 40.60 mg / kg, may be administered once to several times daily. Can be.

In addition, the dosage of the antiviral agent according to the present invention may be increased or decreased depending on the route of administration, the degree of disease, sex, weight, age, and the like. Thus, the dosage amounts are not intended to limit the scope of the invention in any manner.

The antiviral agent may be administered to mammals such as livestock, humans, etc., including rats, mice, chickens, and the like. All modes of administration can be expected, for example by oral, rectal or intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intrauterine dural or intracerebroventricular injection.

In particular, when the antiviral agent according to the present invention is administered to the human body, it is stable because there is no concern of side effects compared to other synthetic medicines because it is a natural extract.

In addition, the present invention provides a dietary supplement for avian influenza containing green tea as an active ingredient.

The dietary supplement is used with other food or food additives in addition to green tea, and may be suitably used according to a conventional method. The mixed amount of the active ingredient may be appropriately determined depending on the purpose of use thereof, for example, prophylactic, health or therapeutic treatment.

The effective dose of green tea contained in the dietary supplement may be used in accordance with the effective dose of the pharmaceutical composition, but may be less than the above range for long term intake for health and hygiene purposes or for health control purposes. However, since the active ingredient has no problem in terms of safety, it is evident that it can be used in an amount above the above range.

There are no particular restrictions on the types of health supplements, for example, meat, sausage, bread, chocolate, candy, snacks, confectionery, pizza, ramen, other noodles, gums, dairy products including ice cream, various soups, drinks, tea , A drink, an alcoholic beverage, and a vitamin complex.

By using the antiviral agent according to the present invention, it is possible to develop a low-resistance and inexpensive food, namely, avian influenza treatment and prevention method using green tea, which is a representative respiratory disease with high vaccine dependency and limited existing therapeutic effects. The domestic green tea industry, which has reached the level of internationalization, can be revitalized.

1 and 2 is a conceptual diagram and a flow chart showing the erythrocyte aggregation reaction procedure applied in this embodiment.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the following examples. However, the present invention is not limited by these examples.

Example 1 Material Preparation

1) Experimental material

The experimental animals used SPF (specific pathogen free) chickens and SPF system Taean from 2-3 weeks old, and the green tea powder for feed additives and green tea extract for drinking water requested by Hadong Green Tea Research Institute were used as experimental materials. Avian influenza virus-A / HS / K5 / 01 (H9N2) was used.

2) Green Tea Powder Extract

Distilled water was added to the Erlenmeyer flask and heated to maintain the water temperature at 90 ° C. Green tea powder was added and extracted while rotating for 4 hours. The obtained extract was placed in a 50 ml conical tube and centrifuged for 30 minutes at a temperature of 6000 rpm and 4 ° C. After centrifugation, only the supernatant was transferred to a new conical tube.

3) Green tea powder and green tea extract administration

Green tea powder has 1, 0.4 and 0.1% green tea content in the feed, and the green tea extract obtained by hot water extraction is prepared at 100, 200, and 1000 times the dilution ratio of the stock solution and supplied to feed and drinking water for 2-3 weeks old SPF chicken. It was.

Example 2 In vivo Influenza Virus Growth Inhibition Test

1) Production of H9N2 Virus

Virus samples for the experiment were obtained using the seed of H9N2 virus isolated from domestic poultry farms. The fertilized eggs were incubated at 37 ° C. for 10-11 days and injected with a certain amount of virus. After sealing, it was grown for 2-3 days in an incubator at 37 ° C. Allantoic fluid was taken and centrifuged to remove debris such as urine. A certain amount of the urea was sequentially diluted and virus titers were quantified by plaque analysis using MDCK cells. At this time, the plaque analysis is the most basic and simple method of confirming the activity of the flu virus. The virus solution was gradually diluted to infect the MDCK cell line, and then confirmed the plaque formation of the virus using overlay media. This allows quantitative determination of the amount of infectious virus present in a given sample. Aliquots were aliquoted and stored at −70 ° C. and new ampoules were used for animal experiments each time.

2) Low pathogenic avian influenza challenge

The low pathogenic avian influenza A / HS / K5 / 01 (H9N2) prepared above was inoculated through chicken nasal to each 2-3 weeks old SPF chicken at a concentration of 10 ^6.0 EID ₅₀ / bird.

3) Inoculation of emulsion and fertilized egg

The sample was put in a sterile mortar and ground, and then about 6 ml of 1 × PBS buffer was added. The solution mixed with PBS buffer was centrifuged at 6000 rpm, 4 ° C. for 10 minutes. After centrifugation, 1 ml of the supernatant was mixed with antibiotics (gentamycin: 10 µl) and reacted at room temperature for 2 hours.

After reaction for 2 hours, diluted from 1/10 to 1/100000 in 1X PBS buffer. SPF embryonated eggs to be inoculated with the sample were examined. 200 μl each was inoculated into SPF embryonated eggs (11days old). SPF embryonated eggs inoculated with paraffin were sealed. SPF embryonated eggs inoculated with the samples were incubated at 37 ° C. for 3 days, and 3 days later, the ureter was harvested from the eggs.

4) Hemagglutination Assay

50 μl of the urea solution obtained by inoculating the fertilized egg sample into the fertilized egg and 50 μl of chicken erythrocytes were mixed, and after 1 minute, the erythrocyte aggregation reaction was confirmed as shown in FIG. 1.

5) First experiment

i) When green tea is administered as feed additive

Three-week-old SPF chickens were treated with 1%, 0.4%, and 0.1% (weight / weight) of influenza virus challenge for 5 days, and then the reduction of challenge virus was evaluated. At this time, the virus re-separation rate is the number of inoculated chickens divided by the number of virus-positive chickens.

As a result of conducting avian influenza virus growth inhibition test in SPF chickens administered with green tea powder as a test additive, tracheal and cecal tonsils compared to the challenge group in green tea powder 0.4% and 1% as shown in Table 1 and Table 2 below. Virus re-isolation rate and mean titer decreased. In particular, the titer of re-isolated virus in the cecum tonsil of 0.4% administration group was found to be significantly decreased with P value of less than 0.05 compared to the cecum tonsil of positive control group.

Furtherance In feed
Green tea content
(w / w,%) inoculation
Head Virus Reisolation Rate Average virus titer (log ₁₀ EID ₅₀ / g) Bronchus Cecum one-way Bronchus Cecum one-way
Green tea extract
One% 7 2/7 3/7 1.29 ± 2.63 2.43 ± 3.31 0.4% 7 2/7 2/7 0.71 ± 1.25 2.00 ± 3.42 ^* 0.1% 7 6/7 6/7 3.00 ± 2.08 5.86 ± 2.61 Attack
Control PBS 8 5/8 5/8 1.88 ± 1.64 4.38 ± 3.62 Non-Available Vaccination
Control PBS 7 0/7 0/7 0.00 ± 0.00 0.00 ± 0.00

Virus titer (log ₁₀ EID ₅₀ / g) individual Bronchus Cecum one-way One% 0.4% 0.1% Positive control One% 0.4% 0.1% Positive control One 7 0 3 2 0 7 7 7 2 2 0 7 4 0 7 6 7 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 7 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 0 5 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 3 0 7 0 7 0 7 0 2 2 3 7 0 7 7 8 3 7 Average 1.29 0.71 3.00 1.88 2.43 2.00 5.86 4.38 Deviation 2.63 1.25 2.08 1.64 3.31 3.42 2.61 3.62

ii) when green tea is administered as a negative

In addition, the three-week-old SPF chicken was diluted 100 times, 200 times, and 1000 times with green tea extract, and then negatively administered for 5 days after influenza virus challenge, and the effect of reducing the release of challenge virus was calculated.

As a result of conducting avian influenza virus growth inhibition test in SPF chickens administered negatively with green tea extract, a test substance, 200-fold dilution was administered in bronchus of the group administered with 100-fold dilution of green tea extract as shown in Tables 3 and 4 below. The proliferation of challenge virus was confirmed to decrease in both bronchial and cecal tonsils of one group. In particular, the titer of re-isolated virus in cecal amygdala in 200-fold dilution group was significantly decreased by P value of less than 0.05 compared to cecal tonsil in positive control group.

Furtherance Dilution
ratio inoculation
Head Virus Reisolation Rate Average virus titer (log ₁₀ EID ₅₀ / g) Bronchus Cecum one-way Bronchus Cecum one-way
Green tea extract
(negative)
100 times 7 3/7 4/7 1.57 ± 1.99 4.00 ± 3.74 200 times 7 4/7 2/7 1.57 ± 1.62 2.00 ± 3.42 ^* 1000 times 7 5/7 3/7 2.00 ± 1.53 3.00 ± 3.74 Attack
Control PBS 8 5/8 5/8 1.88 ± 1.64 4.38 ± 3.62 Non-Available Vaccination
Control PBS 7 0/7 0/7 0.00 ± 0.00 0.00 ± 0.00

Virus titer (log ₁₀ EID ₅₀ / g) individual Bronchus Cecum one-way 100 times 200 times 1000 times Positive control 100 times 200 times 1000 times Positive control One 3 4 4 2 7 7 7 7 2 4 0 0 4 7 0 7 7 3 0 2 0 0 7 0 0 7 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 3 3 0 0 7 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 7 0 0 7 4 2 3 3 7 0 0 7 8 3 7 Average 1.57 1.57 2.00 1.88 4.00 2.00 3.00 4.38 Deviation 1.99 1.62 1.53 1.64 3.74 3.42 3.74 3.62

Therefore, administration of green tea powder and green tea extract significantly inhibited the growth of avian influenza virus in vivo in SPF chickens and significantly reduced the re-separation rate and virus titer. It became.

6) 2nd experiment

i) When green tea is administered as feed additive

Three-week-old SPF chickens challenged with influenza virus were challenged and treated with 1%, 0.4% and 0.1% (weight / weight) of feed containing green tea powder from 7 days before challenge to 5 days after challenge. The proliferation inhibitory effect of was evaluated.

A test substance containing green tea powder was administered for prevention and treatment from 7 days before challenge to 5 days after challenge, and the effect of inhibiting the proliferation of influenza virus proliferation by organs was calculated. As shown in Tables 5 and 6, In the% administration group, the re-separation rate and mean titer of cecal tonsils decreased compared to the challenge group.

Composition ^A In feed
Green tea content
(w / w,%) inoculation
Head Virus Reisolation Rate Average virus titer
(log ₁₀ EID ₅₀ / g) Agency Cecum one-way Agency Cecum one-way
Green tea powder
One% 7 4/7 4/7 1.43 ± 1.40 3.29 ± 3.55 0.4% 7 3/7 2/7 1.14 ± 1.46 1.71 ± 2.93 0.1% 7 5/7 4/7 1.86 ± 1.46 3.71 ± 3.55 Attack
Control PBS 7 4/7 5/7 1.71 ± 1.25 4.00 ± 3.16 Non-Available Vaccination
Control PBS 7 0/7 0/7 0.00 ± 0.00 0.00 ± 0.00

individual Virus titer (log ₁₀ EID ₅₀ / g) Agency Cecum one way One% 0.4% 0.1% Positive control One% 0.4% 0.1% Positive control One 3 2 4 3 0 0 7 7 2 2 3 2 2 7 0 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 7 4 3 0 2 2 0 0 7 3 5 0 0 0 3 7 0 0 0 6 2 3 3 2 7 0 7 0 7 0 0 2 0 2 6 0 4 Average 1.43 1.14 1.86 1.71 3.29 1.71 3.71 4.00 Deviation 1.40 1.46 1.46 1.25 3.55 2.93 3.55 3.16

ii) when green tea is administered as a negative

In addition, the three-week-old SPF chickens challenged with influenza virus were inoculated with 100-, 200-, and 1000-fold negative-dose green tea extracts from 7 days before challenge to 5 days after challenge for prophylaxis and treatment. Proliferation inhibitory effect was calculated.

As a result of calculating the inhibitory effect of influenza virus proliferation by organs by preventing and treating the green tea extract for test substance administration from 7 days before the challenge to 5 days after the challenge, the virus reorganization between the organs as shown in Tables 7 and 8 below. Although no difference in the separation rate was observed, it was confirmed that the mean titer of challenge virus in cecal amygdala of chickens administered with 200-fold dilution of green tea extract was reduced. However, there was no statistically significant difference in both virus re-separation rate and mean titer of the test group compared to the challenge group. This may be due to the small number of experimental animals in the group used for the test and the large standard deviation of the mean virus titer.

Furtherance Stock solution
Dilution Ratio inoculation
Head Virus Reisolation Rate Average titer (log ₁₀ EID ₅₀ / g) Agency Cecum one-way Agency Cecum one-way
Green tea extract
(negative)
100 times 7 4/7 5/7 1.43 ± 1.40 3.86 ± 2.79 200 times 7 4/7 4/7 1.29 ± 1.25 2.71 ± 2.98 1000 times 7 5/7 5/7 2.00 ± 1.41 4.86 ± 3.34 Attack
Control PBS 7 5/7 5/7 1.71 ± 1.25 4.00 ± 3.16 Non-Available Vaccination
Control PBS 7 0/7 0/7 0.00 ± 0.00 0.00 ± 0.00

Virus titer (log ₁₀ EID ₅₀ / g) Agency Cecum one way individual 100 times 200 times 1000 times Positive control 100 times 200 times 1000 times Positive control One 2 0 3 3 0 0 7 7 2 2 0 3 2 4 4 6 7 3 3 2 2 0 5 2 7 7 4 0 3 3 2 0 0 7 3 5 3 0 0 3 5 6 0 0 6 0 2 0 2 6 7 7 0 7 0 2 3 0 7 0 0 4 Average 1.43 1.29 2.00 1.71 3.86 2.71 4.86 4.00 Deviation 1.40 1.25 1.41 1.25 2.79 2.98 3.34 3.16

Although no significant difference was found, viral titers in cecal tonsils of the green tea powder 0.4% group and the green tea extract 200-fold dilution group were decreased by 100-fold and 10-fold, respectively. Therefore, considering that the main organ of proliferation of avian influenza virus in chickens is intestinal tract, it was judged that it would be effective to reduce the virus concentration in the environment by showing the emission reduction effect through the suppression of virus growth in the intestine when the outdoor farm application of green tea preparation.

Taken together, in general, when the beverage or feed containing green tea extract, chickens tended to show a rejection early in the diet when the green tea content was high. That is, the titer decreased when the green tea content was high (e.g., 100-fold dilution; 1% green tea powder).

In comparison, the antiviral effect was higher when fed to feed rather than negative form. It is believed that the green tea component is released from the green tea powder in the feed for a relatively long time and exhibits antiviral function for a longer time than the negative form.

Therefore, the present study confirmed the efficacy of influenza virus proliferation inhibition of SPF chicken in vivo of green tea powder and green tea extract.

Hereinafter, an example of the preparation of an antiviral agent containing green tea of the present invention will be described, but the present invention is not intended to be limited thereto but merely to be described in detail.

Preparation Example 1 Preparation of Powder

100 mg of green tea powder, 100 mg of lactose and 10 mg of talc were mixed and filled into an airtight cloth to prepare a powder.

≪ Formulation Example 2 > Preparation of tablet

20 mg of green tea powder, 100 mg of corn starch, 100 mg of lactose, and 2 mg of magnesium stearate were mixed and then compressed into tablets according to a conventional method for preparing tablets.

Preparation Example 3 Preparation of Capsule

According to a conventional capsule preparation method, 20 mg of green tea powder, 100 mg of corn starch, 100 mg of lactose and 2 mg of magnesium stearate were mixed and filled into gelatin capsules to prepare a capsule.

Preparation Example 4 Preparation of Injection

According to the conventional method for preparing an injection, 20 mg (2 ml) of green tea powder, an appropriate amount of sterile distilled water for injection, and a pH adjusting agent were prepared.

Preparation Example 5 Preparation of Liquid

50 mg of green tea powder, 10 g of isomerized sugar and 5 g of mannitol were dissolved in an appropriate amount of purified water according to a conventional method of preparing a liquid solution. It was filled with sterilization to prepare a liquid.

Preparation Example 6 Preparation of Health Food

Green tea powder 200 mg, vitamin mixture (70 mg of vitamin A acetate, 1.0 mg of vitamin E, vitamin B 1 0.13 mg, vitamin B 2 0.15 mg, vitamin B 6 0.5 mg, vitamin B 12 0.2 µg, vitamin C 10 mg, biotin 10 μg, nicotinic acid amide 1.7 mg, folic acid 50 μg, pantothenate 0.5 mg) and mineral mixture (1.75 mg ferrous sulfate, 0.82 mg zinc oxide, 25.3 mg magnesium carbonate, 15 mg potassium monophosphate, calcium diphosphate dibasic) 55 mg, potassium citrate 90 mg, calcium carbonate 100 mg, magnesium chloride 24.8 mg) were mixed, granules were prepared, and health food was prepared according to a conventional method.

Claims (6)

Antiviral agent against avian influenza containing green tea as an active ingredient. The antiviral agent for avian influenza according to claim 1, wherein the green tea is contained in an amount of 0.01 to 10 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the total antiviral agent. The antiviral agent according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the green tea is provided in the form of a beverage administration agent using green tea extract or a feed additive using green tea powder. The antiviral agent for avian influenza according to claim 3, wherein the beverage administration agent is hydrothermally extracted by adding 100 to 1000 parts by weight of water to 1 part by weight of green tea powder. The antiviral agent for avian influenza according to claim 3, wherein the feed additive comprises 0.01 to 30 parts by weight of green tea powder based on 100 parts by weight of the feed. Dietary supplement for bird influenza containing green tea as an active ingredient.

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