Research Article

In Vitro Antiviral Activity of Green Tea Polyphenon-60 against Avian Paramyxoviruses

Table 1

Inhibitory effect of polyphenon-60 on the growth of avian paramyxoviruses in CEF cells.

StrainVirulenceThe virus infectivity titers at 48 h p.i in the presence of polyphenon-60 (log2 HAU)
100 (μg/ml)50 (μg/ml)20 (μg/ml)0 (μg/ml)

NDV/Sato/30V2.3 ± 0.62.3 ± 1.22.7 ± 1.23.3 ± 0.6
NDV/Komarov/40M3.3 ± 0.6a2.7 ± 0.6a4.3 ± 0.6b4.7 ± 0.6b
NDV/Hitcher B1/48L1.7 ± 1.2a1.7 ± 0.6a4.3 ± 0.6b5.3 ± 0.6b
NDV/Miyadera/51V2.3 ± 1.52.3 ± 1.22.7 ± 0.63.0 ± 1.0
NDV/Ishii/62L1.3 ± 0.6a1.7 ± 0.6a4.3 ± 0.6b5.3 ± 0.6b
NDV/Taka/73V2.0 ± 1.02.0 ± 0.02.7 ± 0.62.7 ± 0.6
NDV/Niigata/85V3.0 ± 1.03.0 ± 0.03.0 ± 1.03.0 ± 1.7
NDV/Tochigi/95M2.7 ± 0.6ab3.7 ± 0.6b4.3 ± 0.6b4.7 ± 0.6b
NDV/Tokyo/96V2.7 ± 0.62.7 ± 1.02.7 ± 0.62.7 ± 1.0
NDV/Ibaraki-2/99V2.0 ± 0.02.0 ± 1.02.3 ± 0.62.0 ± 1.0
NDV/Kumamoto/2000M3.0 ± 1.0b2.3 ± 0.6ab4.0 ± 1.0b4.7 ± 0.6b
NDV/Chiba/2001V2.7 ± 0.62.7 ± 1.22.7 ± 0.62.7 ± 1.5
APMV-2/Yucaipa/56NA2.3 ± 1.22.7 ± 0.62.7 ± 0.62.7 ± 0.6
APMV-2/Bangor/73NA2.0 ± 1.02.3 ± 0.62.7 ± 0.62.7 ± 1.5
APMV-3/Winsconsin/68NA3.7 ± 0.6a3.3 ± 0.6a5.3 ± 0.6b5.7 ± 0.6b
APMV-7/Tennessee/75NA1.0 ± 0.0ab1.7 ± 1.2b2.0 ± 1.0b2.3 ± 0.6b

L: lentogenic; M: mesogenic; V: velogenic; NA: not applicable. Data were expressed as the mean ± SD of three independent experiments. Means with different superscript letters in a row were significantly different ().