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. 2020 Jul 3;8:589. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00589

Table 5.

Potential in vitro tests of synthetic drugs for SARS-nCoV.

Drug name EC50/IC50 (μg/ml) CC50(μg/ml) SI References
Nelfinavir 0.032 ± 0.016 9.63 ± 1.83 302.1 Yamamoto et al., 2004
Remdesivir 0.042 >6 >140 Sheahan et al., 2017
Chloroquine 1.27 ± 0.17 37.67 ± 2.09 30 Keyaerts et al., 2004
Lopinavir 4 32 8 Chen et al., 2004
Favipiravir* 4.9 ± 2.8 >160 >32 Scharton et al., 2014
Abidol hydrochloride* 8.17 ± 2.14 89.72 11.0 Haviernik et al., 2018
Ribavirin 12.5~200 >1000 5~>80 Cinatl et al., 2003
Chen et al., 2004

*As no data for coronavirus available, the data here for Favipiravir is against Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) and the data for Abidol hydrochloride is an average of the results for five strains of Zika virus (ZIKV), West Nile virus (WNV), and tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV).