The invention relates to application of ring E
iodine substituted silybin in preparing medicaments for treating
viral hepatitis B, in particular to application of a compound of a formula (1) and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in preparing medicaments for clearing away
hepatitis B surface antigens (
HBsAg) and
hepatitis e antigens (
HBeAg) and suppressing the HBV (
Hepatitis B
Virus)
DNA replication. The compound has definite activity of suppressing the
HBsAg and the
HBeAg, and in the presence of a concentration of 100 micrograms / milliliter, the intensities of the compound for clearing away the
HBsAg and the
HBeAg are respectively 20.0 percent and 29.0 percent which exceed that of a
positive control medicament (10,000 units / milliliter of alpha-
interferon) by 24 percent and 72 percent. Meanwhile, in the presence of the concentration, the suppression ratio of the compound on the HBV
DNA is 32.6 percent which is close to that of the alpha-
interferon. Accordingly, the flavone
lignan or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are indicated to be capable of being used for preparing non-
nucleoside medicaments for clearing away the HBsAg and the HBeAg, suppressing the HBV
DNA replication and treating HBV infection diseases.