The invention provides an application of an
ethyl acetate extract of angelica keiskei in preparation of a
medicine for treating or preventing HCMV (
human cytomegalovirus) infection. A preparation method of the angelica keiskei
ethyl acetate extract comprises the following steps: taking fresh angelica keiskei medicinal material, air-
drying,
grinding into coarse
powder, soaking with
ethanol for 48 hours, percolating and extracting, collecting percolate, concentrating under reduced pressure until no
ethanol smell exists, dispersing the obtained
alcohol extract with
warm water, adding isopyknic
ethyl acetate for extraction, concentrating under reduced pressure until no ethyl acetate smell exists, and
drying to obtain the angelica keiskei ethyl acetate extract. The angelica keiskei ethyl acetate extract is named as EEAK. According to the present invention, the research results show that the angelica keiskei ethyl acetate extract EEAK provides significant inhibition effects for the
DNA copy numbers of the immediate early-stage
protein IE1 / 2, the early-stage
protein p52, the immediate early-stage
gene UL123, the early-stage
gene UL44 and the later-stage
gene UL32 of the HCMV, provides significant prevention and treatment effects for the HCMV, has characteristics of low toxic-
side effect, safety, effectiveness and good application prospects, and can be used for the
HCMV infection.