Abstract:Objective: To evaluate the in vitro anti-HIV-1 activities and mechanism of extracts from 6 traditional Tibetan medicines:Corydalis conspersa, Fallopia aubertii, Anemone vitifolia, Clematis urophylla, Saxifraga melanocentra and C. hexapetala. Method: Cell counting kit(CCK-8) cell cytotoxicity test and HIV-1 single cycle infection experiments were used to detect the in vitro anti-HIV-1 effect and cytotoxicity of extracts. The surface plasma resonance(SPR) technology, protease, integrase and reverse transcriptase inhibition assay were used to identify the potential targets of these extracts. Result: The extracts from F. aubertii, A. vitifolia and S. melanocentra showed dose-dependent anti-HIV-1 effect with little cytotoxicity. Their half maximal inhibitory concentrations (IC50) were (6.47±0.78), (11.97±1.09), (11.7±0.79) mg·L-1, respectively. All the above three extracts inhibited integrase activity. Conclusion: F. aubertii, A. vitifolia and S. melanocentra extracts potently inhibited HIV-1 virus in vitro, possibly through down-regulating integrase activity.