The invention relates to the field of medicines, and discloses application of
cordycepin to preparation of a
medicine for treating
babesia infection and a pharmaceutical composition of the
cordycepin. The invention relates to application of
cordycepin in preparation of a
medicine for treating
babesia infection. The composition contains a therapeutically effective amount of cordycepin and pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or auxiliary materials, can be prepared into dosage forms such as tablets, granules, capsules, oral liquid, injections or suspensions, and is suitable for administration
modes such as
oral administration. In-vitro evaluation shows that the cordycepin has inhibitory activity on
Babesia bovis and
Babesia gibsoni, and the median inhibitory concentrations (Ic50) of the cordycepin and the
Babesia gibsoni are respectively about 303.8 Nm and 147.5 Nm; in a mouse
babesia vole infection model, the parasitic rate
peak value can be obviously reduced and delayed through
oral administration of 20 Mg / Kg (the model group is about 17.5% / 13th day, and the cordycepin group is about 1.8% / 17th day). A
cytotoxicity test (Hff-1, Cck-8) shows that the inhibition rate on
cell proliferation under the condition of 100 microns is less than 10%. The cordycepin and the pharmaceutical composition thereof can be used for preventing and / or treating babesia infection.