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Evaluation of Antiviral Compounds from Commiphora molmol Myrrh Resin and Their Promising Application with Biochar

Version 1 : Received: 2 August 2023 / Approved: 2 August 2023 / Online: 3 August 2023 (09:53:36 CEST)

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Kim, J.W.; Park, S.; Sung, Y.W.; Song, H.J.; Yang, S.W.; Han, J.; Jo, J.W.; Lee, I.-S.; Lee, S.H.; Choi, Y.-K.; Kim, H.J. Evaluation of Antibacterial and Antiviral Compounds from Commiphora myrrha (T.Nees) Engl. Resin and Their Promising Application with Biochar. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 10549. Kim, J.W.; Park, S.; Sung, Y.W.; Song, H.J.; Yang, S.W.; Han, J.; Jo, J.W.; Lee, I.-S.; Lee, S.H.; Choi, Y.-K.; Kim, H.J. Evaluation of Antibacterial and Antiviral Compounds from Commiphora myrrha (T.Nees) Engl. Resin and Their Promising Application with Biochar. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 10549.

Abstract

Commiphora molmol myrrh resin extracts, which have different physical properties such as polarity and dielectric constant, were prepared by immersion in extraction solvents (hot water, DMSO, hexane, ethanol, and methanol). Methanolic myrrh resin extracts showed broad antibacterial activity against isolated airborne bacteria. Furanoeudesma-1,3-diene and curzerene, as the main terpenoids in the methanolic myrrh resin extract, were analyzed using GC-MS, and the methanolic myrrh resin extracts were found to have antiviral activity (81.2% viral RNA inhibition) against H1N1 influenza virus. Biochars (wood powder-and rice husk-derived) coated with myrrh resin extracts also showed antiviral activity (22.6% and 24.3% viral RNA inhibition), due to the adsorption of terpenoids onto biochar. Myrrh resin extract using methanol as the extraction solvent is a promising agent with antibacterial and antiviral efficacy, and it can be utilized as a novel material via adsorption onto biochar for air filtration processes, cosmetics, fertilizers, drug delivery, and corrosion inhibition.

Keywords

myrrh; Antivirus; furanoeudesma-1,3-diene; curzerene; biochar

Subject

Engineering, Bioengineering

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