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]