Mariana Batista

Ms. Mariana Batista


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Academic Career Length

8Years (2019-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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11 January 2019 in Viruses
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MBMariana Batista
Mariana Batista
ABAna Cláudia S. Braga
Ana Cláudia S. Braga
GCGuilherme Campos
Guilherme Campos
MSMarcos Michel Souza
Marcos Michel Souza
RMRenata Prandini Adum de Matos
Renata Prandini Adum de Matos
PRPaula Rahal
Paula Rahal
Zika virus (ZIKV) has been associated with serious health conditions, and an intense search to discover different ways to prevent and treat ZIKV infection is underway. Berberine and emodin possess several pharmacological properties and have been shown to be particularly effective against the entry and replication of several viruses. We show that emodin and berberine trigger a virucidal effect on ZIKV. When the virus was exposed to 160 µM of berberine, a reduction of 77.6% in the infectivity was observed; when emodin was used (40 µM), this reduction was approximately 83.3%. Dynamic light scattering data showed that both compounds significantly reduce the hydrodynamic radius of virus particle in solution. We report here that berberine and emodin, two natural compounds, have strong virucidal effect in Zika virus.