Table 7.

Review of the plants that have shown anti-HCV activities with their prospective family, part, type of extract, and inhibition target.

No.	Plant	Family	Part	Extract	Inhibition Target	Ref.
1	Ajuga bracteosa	Lamiaceae	Leaves	Methanol	HCV infection Replication	[224]
2	Ajuga parviflora	Lamiaceae	Leaves	Methanol	HCV infection Replication	[224]
3	Berberis lycium	Lamiaceae	Roots	Methanol	HCV infection Replication	[224]
4	Toona sureni	Meliaceae	Leaves	80% Ethanol	HCV infection Replication	[225]
5	Melicope latifolia	Rutaceae	Leaves	80% Ethanol	HCV infection Replication	[225]
6	Melanolepis multiglandulosa	Euphorbiaceae	Stems	80% Ethanol	HCV infection Replication	[225]
7	Ficus fistulosa	Moraceae	Leaves	80% Ethanol	HCV infection Replication	[225]
8	Phyllanthus amarus	Phyllanthaceae	Whole plant	Methanol	Inhibition of HCV RNA replication	[226]
9	Acacia nilotica	Mimosaceae	Bark	Methanol	Hepatitis C virus (HCV) protease inhibition	[227]
10	Boswellia carterii	Burseraceae	Root	Methanol	Hepatitis C virus (HCV) protease inhibition	[227]
11	Embelia schimperi	Myrsinaceae	Fruit	Methanol	Hepatitis C virus (HCV) protease inhibition	[227]
12	Piper cubeba	Piperaceae	Fruit	Aqueous	Hepatitis C virus (HCV) protease inhibition	[227]
13	Quercus infectoria	Fagaceae	Gall	Methanol	Hepatitis C virus (HCV) protease inhibition	[227]
14	Syzygium aromaticum	Myrtaceae	Fruit	Aqueous	Hepatitis C virus (HCV) protease inhibition	[227]
15	Trachyspermum ammi	Apiaceae	Fruit	Methanol	Hepatitis C virus (HCV) protease inhibition	[227]
16	Morinda citrifolia	Rubioideae	Leaves	Methanol	Hepatitis C virus (HCV) protease inhibition	[228]
17	Silybum marianum	Asteraceae	Flower	Methanol	Hepatitis C virus (HCV) protease inhibition	[229]
18	Limonium sinense	Plumbaginaceae	Flower	Aqueous	HCV infection Replication	[230]
19	Bupleurum kaoi	Apiaceae	Root	Methanol	Inhibit HCV entry	[231]
20	Rhizoma coptidis	Ranunculaceae	Whole	Methanol	Inhibit HCV entry	[232]
21	Schisandra sphenanthera	Schisandraceae	Rhizome	Methanol	Inhibit HCV entry	[232]
22	Solanum nigrum	Solanaceae	Seed	Chloroform	NS3 protease inhibition	[233]
23	Terminalia arjuna	Combretaceae	Bark	Methanol	NS3 protease inhibition	[226]
24	Embelia ribes	Myrsinaceae	Leaf	Aqueous	NS3 protease inhibition	[234]
25	Aeginetia indica	Orobanchaceae	Whole	Aqueous	NS5B polymerase inhibition	[235]
26	Rhodiola kirilowii	Crassulaceae	Flower	Ethanol	NS3 protease inhibition	[236]
27	Schisandra sphenanthera	Schisandraceae	Fruit	Ethanol	Inhibition of HCV entry	[237]
28	Spatholobus suberectus	Fabaceae	Leaf	Ethanol	NS3 protease inhibition	[238]
29	Vitis vinifera	Vitaceae	Root	Ethanol	NS3 helicase inhibition	[239]
30	Cinnamomi cortex	Lauraceae	Bark	Methanol	Inhibition of HCV replication and RNA synthesis	[240]