Review Article

Ethnopharmacological Potential of Phytochemicals and Phytogenic Products against Human RNA Viral Diseases as Preventive Therapeutics

Table 2

List of phytochemicals acting against various targets of SARS-CoV-2.

Sl no.PhytochemicalClass of phytochemicalTargetsReference

1.FisetinFlavonoidBind with spike protein like hACE2-S[58]
2.QuercetinFlavonoidBind with spike protein[58]
3.DithymoquinoneTerpeneInhibits spike glycoprotein-ACE2 interface[59]
4.Glycyrrhizic acidSaponinBinds with spike protein RBD-ACE2[60, 61]
5.HesperidinFlavonoidBind with spike protein ACE2[62]
6.EmodinFlavonoidBind with spike protein ACE2[62]
7.CarvacrolPhenolInteracts with spike protein ACE2[59]
8.RheinFlavonoidBind with spike protein ACE2[62]
9.KaempferolFlavonoidBind with spike protein hACE2-S[58]
10.CinnamaldehydeFlavonoidInteracts with spike protein ACE2[59]
11.Cinnamyl acetateStyreneInteracts with spike protein ACE2[59]
12.ChrysinFlavonoidBind with spike protein ACE2[62]
13.AnthraquinoneFlavonoidBind with spike protein ACE2[62]
14.AnetholeFlavonoidInteracts with spike protein ACE2[59]
15.GeraniolTerpeneInteracts with spike protein ACE2[59]
16.L-4-terpineolTerpeneInteracts with spike protein ACE2[59]
17.AndrographolideTerpenoidInhibits Mpro protease[63]
18.Withanoside VInhibits Mpro protease[64]
19.SomniferineInhibits Mpro protease[64]
20.Epigallocatechin gallatePhenolInhibits Mpro protease[65]
21.Gallocatechin-3-gallatePhenolInhibits Mpro protease[65]
22.TinocordisideInhibits Mpro protease[64]
23.ViceninInhibits Mpro protease[64]
24.IsorientinInhibits Mpro protease[64]
25.BerbamineTargets on spike protein ACE2[66]
26.CastanospermineReduced viral RNA[67]
27.Epicatechin gallatePhenolInhibits Mpro protease[65]