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. 2020 Sep 22;887:173594. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2020.173594

Table 4.

Top ten scored repurposed drug candidates based on COVID-19 specific hub proteins.

Drug name Mechanism of Action Approval Status Associated Conditions Reference
SYK-inhibitor spleen tyrosine kinase inhibitor investigational chronic immune thrombocytopenia Bussel et al. (2018);
Radicicol HSP90 tyrosine kinase inhibitor with antifungal macrolactone antibiotic activity approved fungal infections, prostate cancer Wu et al. (2013); Harashima et al., 2005
Dabrafenib BRAF inhibitor with antineoplastic activity approved metastatic melanoma, thyroid cancer Hauschilde et al. (2012); Subbiah et al. (2018)
AT-7519 CDK inhibitor leading to tumor regression approved cervical cancer, colon cancer Xi et al. (2019)
Dasatinib SRC family tyrosine kinase receptor inhibitor approved chronic myeloid leukemia, lung cancer Kantarjianet al., 2010; Li et al. (2010)
Lovastatin Inhibitor of HMG-CoA reductase (3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A) with antilipemic activity approved cardiovascular diseases Tobert (2003)
Thiostrepton A cyclic oligopeptide and protein synthesis inhibitor, FOXM1 inhibitor with antibiotic activity approved colon cancer, lung cancer Ju et al. (2015); Huang et al. (2019)
Linifanib RTK inhibitor with antineoplastic activity approved gastric cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma Chen et al. (2016); Cainap et al. (2015)
JNK–IN–5A Selective inhibitor of JNK2 and JNK3 Investigational not available Angell et al. (2007)
Withaferin-A Steroidal lactone with anti-inflammatory, antiangiogenic, antifungal, and anticancer activities Investigational fungal infections, ovarian cancer, breast cancer Kakar et al. (2017); Stan et al. (2008)