Anti‐hepatitis B virus activity and hepatoprotective effect of des(rhamnosyl) verbascoside from Lindernia ruellioides in vitro

Although clinically approved hepatitis B virus (HBV) polymerase inhibitors (lamivudine‐3TC, entecavir, etc.) serve as effective therapeutics, the virus can easily generate resistance to them. Therefore, the treatment of HBV infection remains a public health problem. Numerous studies have shown that natural products have prospective anti‐HBV activity. The purpose of this study was to isolate and extract des(rhamnosyl) verbascoside from Lindernia...