Fig. 1.
Antiviral activity BeA against influenza A/PR/8 virus in A549 cells. Antiviral activity of BeA was assessed against influenza A/PR/8 virus in A549 cells. The indicated concentrations of BeA was determined using a concentration series of 0.4, 2, 10, and 50 μM. After 48 h of incubation, the antiviral activity was investigated by CPE reduction assay using SRB. (A) The structure of betulinic acid. (B) Absorbance in each well was measured using microplate reader. ***p<0.0001 and n.s. for not significant. (C) The percent value was calculated by absorbance value as mentioned in Materials and Methods. Results are presented as the mean ± SD of the absorbance and percentage values obtained from three independent experiments carried out in triplicate. *p<0.001; **p<0.03; ***p<0.0001 and n.s. for not significant.