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. 2011 Oct 4;4(1):87–93. doi: 10.1016/j.jff.2011.08.003

Table 1.

Inhibitory effect (IC50) of EGCG and its derivatives against HCV protease.a

Compounds EGCG 1 2 3 4 Embelin
IC50 (μM) >200 0.13 0.006 0.006 0.98 10.19
RSD (%) 5.5 1.8 3.4 3.0 4.4 9.0

RSD: relative standard deviation.

a

Compounds 1, 2 and 3 are EGCG tetraesters of SA, EPA and DHA, respectively; compound 4 is EGCG-octabutyrate.