The invention belongs to the field of biological
medicine, and particularly relates to application of murrayone or a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or
excipient thereof in preparation of a
medicine for preventing and / or treating
mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. In-vitro experiments show that murrayone has specific and efficient inhibiting and killing effects on
mycobacterium tuberculosis, and has no activity on common
gram-positive and
gram-negative
bacteria. When the murrayone is combined with first-line antituberculosis drugs (such as isoniazide and
rifampicin), the
drug effects are added. A time killing curve proves that the
mycobacterium tuberculosis with high bacterial loading capacity can be completely removed within 48 hours, and the sterilizing effect is lasting.
Cell experiments show that the compound has
low toxicity to THP-1 human macrophages and good safety, and can effectively kill
intracellular infected
mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical strains. Therefore, the murrayone can be used as a single
drug component or a
drug combination component, is used for developing novel, efficient and safe antituberculosis drugs, and is particularly suitable for treating infectious diseases caused by
mycobacterium tuberculosis.