The invention discloses application of
diacerein in preparation of antiviral drugs and treatment of
virus infection, and belongs to new application of
diacerein. The experimental results prove that
diacerein can be used for effectively inhibiting hepatophilic
DNA viruses, retroviruses, enteroviruses, orthomyxoviruses, fibroviruses, reoviruses,
arenavirus,
hepatitis E viruses, astroviruses, circoviruses, coronaviruses, parvoviruses, adenoviruses, polyomaviruses, herpes viruses, poxviruses, human papillomaviruses, paramyxoviruses, flaviviruses, herpes viruses, alphaviruses and rhabdoviruses.