The invention discloses an application of a compound
Azelnidipine in preparation of an
antiviral drug, and relates to the technical field of biological medicines. The invention successfully explores a brand new application value of the compound
Azelnidipine and the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the field of prevention and control of
African swine fever. The
Azelnidipine has excellent capability of inhibiting
African swine fever virus replication, not only can play an intervention role in different stages of
virus infection, but also can present good action concentration correlation, meanwhile, also has relatively high
biological safety, does not cause obvious damage to host related cells, and gives consideration to both antiviral effect and
biocompatibility. Besides, the compound not only can be used for preparing various dosage forms of medicines for preventing and / or treating
African swine fever virus infection, but also can be expanded as an African swine fever
vaccine adjuvant, and has very wide industrial application prospects and market values.