Research Article

Inhibitory Activity of Illicium verum Extracts against Avian Viruses

Table 4

Absorbance means of the antiviral activity of Illicium verum extracts against Newcastle disease virus in the three adding methods.

Concentrations (mg/ml)PreinoculationPostinoculationSimultaneous inoculation
100MOH50MOHWA100MOH50MOHWA100MOH50MOHWA1

3.90.311bc0.297c0.361b0.174d0.209b0.193d0.188d0.190d0.233c
1.90.289bc0.319bc0.342b0.216c0.197b0.278bc0.269c0.227cd0.230c
0.970.320bc0.301c0.361b0.249c0.206b0.314b0.349b0.281bc0.330b
0.480.322bc0.384b0.387ab0.318b0.348a0.323ab0.298bc0.312b0.359b
0.240.356b0.320bc0.402ab0.317b0.352a0.249c0.196d0.316b0.363b
Virus control0.255c0.255c0.255c0.237c0.237b0.237cd0.242cd0.242c0.242c
Cell control0.454a0.454a0.454a0.367a0.367a0.367a0.445a0.445a0.445a
value0.00040.00040.0007<0.0001<0.0001<0.0001<0.0001<0.00010.0003
SEM0.020.020.020.010.010.010.020.020.02

Means within a column with different subscripts are significantly different (). 1100MOH = absolute methanol extract; 50MOH = 50% methanol extract; WA = water extract.