Table 2: A summary of anti-SARS-CoV phytocompounds and their possible therapeutic target and efficiency.
Therapeutic target |
Compound |
IC50/ EC50 |
Plant of origin |
Ref. |
|
Viral attachment & entry |
S-protein |
Ginsenoside-Rb1 |
100 µM |
Panax ginseng |
[34] |
Glycyrrhizin |
> 500 µM |
Glycyrrhiza glabra Glycyrrhiza radix |
[60,62] |
||
Cepharanthine |
6-9.5 µg/ml |
Stephania sp. |
[48] |
||
ACE2 |
Emodin |
200 µM |
Rheum rhabarbarum Rheum officinale |
[52] |
|
Cepharanthine |
0.98 µM |
Stephania japonica |
[49] |
||
Unclear |
Saikosaponin B2 |
1.7 µmol/L |
Bupleurumchinense |
[69] |
|
Lycorine |
15.7 µM |
Lycoris radiata |
[66] |
||
Viral replication |
3CLpro
PLpro |
Amentoflavone |
8.3 µM |
Torreya nucifera |
[31] |
Baicalin |
11 µM |
Scutellaria baicalensis |
[40] |
||
Theaflavin-3,3′-digallate |
9.5 µM |
Camellia sinensis |
[85,86] |
||
Xanthoangelol E |
1.2-11.4 µM |
Angelica keiskei |
[88] |
||
Iguesterin |
2.6 µM |
Triterygium regelii |
[89] |
||
Tingenone |
9.9 µM |
Triterygium regelii |
[89] |
||
Pristimererin |
5.5 µM |
Triterygium regelii |
[89] |
||
Celastrol |
10.3 µM |
Triterygium regelii |
[89] |
||
Quercetin-3-β-galactoside |
42.7 µM |
Ginkgo biloba |
[92] |
||
Hirsutenone |
4.1 µM |
Alnus japonica |
[93] |
||
Tanshinones |
0.8-30 µM |
Salvia miltiorrhiza |
[72] |
||
3-isotheaflavin-3-gallate |
7 µM |
Camellia sinensis |
[85] |
||
Tannic acid |
3 µM |
Camellia sinensis |
[85] |
||
Helicase |
Myricetin |
2.71 µM |
Myrica rubra |
[94] |
|
Scutellarein |
0.86 µM |
Scutellaria baicalensis |
[94] |
||
RdRp |
Theaflavin |
-- |
Camellia sinensis |
[86] |
|
Unclear |
Reserpine |
3.4 µM |
Rauwolfia sp. |
[34] |
|
Aescin |
6.0 µM |
Aesculus hippocastanum |
[34] |
||
Tetrandrine |
295.6 nM |
Stephania tetrandra |
[44] |