PHARMACEUTICAL ANTI-HERPESVIRAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING ANGELICIN

摘要

PURPOSE: A pharmaceutical composition containing angelicin or phramaceutically accepable salt thereof is provided to effectively treat or prevent diseases by herpes virus without drug toxicity or drug resistance. CONSTITUTION: A pharmaceutical composition for anti-herpes contains angelicin of chemical formula 1 or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. The angelicin is derived from Psoralea corylifolia. The composition has an antiviral activity to gamma herpes virus including Epstein-Barr virus(EBV) or Kaposi's sarcoma associated virus(KSHV). The concentration of the angelicin is 15-120 ug/ml.