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. 2020 Jun 23:1–16. doi: 10.1080/07391102.2020.1778537

Table 1.

List of natural products that are commonly used to treat fever, cold and respiratory related ailments in traditional South Indian medicine system. The active ingredients extracted from these natural products are used for docking with SARS-CoV-2 drug targets.

S. No Natural products Tamil name Scientific name Accepted Scientific name Active ingredients
1. Nilavembu Andrographis paniculata Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.) Nees Andrographolide, Bis-andrographolide, Caffeic acid
2. Vetiver Chrysopogon zizanoides Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty Vetivone, α-cadinene, α-calacorene
3. Korai kizhangu Cyperus rotundus Cyperus rotundus L. Cyperene, β-selinene
4. Cittapiryan Mollugo cerviana Mollugo cerviana (L.) Ser. Vitexin, Orientin
5. Milagu Piper nigrum Piper nigrum L. Piperine, p-cymene, D-limonene
6. Santanam Santalum album Santalum album L. α, β-santalol, Vanillic acid
7. Pei pudal Trichosanthes cucumerina Trichosanthes cucumerina L. Bryonolic acid, Cucurbitacin B, Cucurbitacin E, Isocucurbitacin B, β-sitosterol, Stigmasterol
8. Chukku Zingiber officinale Roscoe Zingiber officinale Roscoe 6-shogaol, 6-ginerol, zingiberol, alpha pinene, beta pinene, camphene, Limonene, myrcene
9. Seenthilkodi Tinospora cordifolia Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Hook.f. & Thomson Tinosporin, Berberine, Palmatine, Magnoflorine,
10. Sathakuppai Anethum sowa Anethum sowa Roxb. α-phellandrene,Carvone and Limonene