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. 2020 Nov 14;115(1):21–39. doi: 10.1080/20477724.2020.1845005

Table 2.

ZIKV Drugs Targeting Viral Proteins

Targets Inhibitors IC 50 µM ZIKV Strains Cell lines tested Biochemical Assays Animal tests Pregnancy Category Reference
Envelope EGCG 21.4 ZIKVBR, MR 766 Vero E6 Cell viability Wistar (SPF) rats - [115,156]
  Crotoxin 0.23, 0.32 µg/µl - Vero E6, C6/36 WB BALB/c - [114]
  Pinocembrin 17.4 PRAVBC59 JEG-3 WB,QRT-PCR,IFA,TOA - Phase 1 Trials [117]
  Psiloxylon mauritianum 19.5 µg/ml MR766, ZIKV PF-13 Vero, A549 TOA, IFA, RT-qPCR, FISH, Flow cytometry, COMET - - [157]
  Porphyrins (Co-protoporphyrin IX (CoPPIX) and
Sn-protoporphyrin IX (SnPPIX)
2.49, 5.78 MR766, ZIKVBR BHK-21, Vero, HeLa, TOA, IFA, TEM, WB, ELISA Rats and humans - [116]
  Suramin 47 BeH823339 - DSC, NMR C57BL/6 - [118,119]
  Ivermectin ~5.00 MEX_1_7/2015 Huh-7, HeLa, NPC, JEG3, HAEC Flow cytometry, IFA C57BL/6 J - [120,121]
NS5 polymerase BCX4430 3.8 ± 2.5, 4.7 ± 0.6, 4.7 ± 2.2 PRVABC59 Vero76, Huh-7, RD Immunohistochemistry(IHC), qRT-PCR AG129 mice, Rhesus macaques Phase 1 trials [158]
  7DMA 1.3 MR766 Vero, BHK, C6/36 TOA, IFA, RT-PCR AG129 mice - [46]
  Emetine 0.0298 MR 766, PRAVBC59, FSS13025 SNB-19, HEK 293, Vero E6, hNSC Western blot(WB), IF AG129 and SJL mice - [109]
  Cephaeline 0.0189 MR 766,
PRAVBC59, FSS13025
SNB-19, HEK 293, Vero E6, hNSC WB, IF, NS5 polymerase inhibition AG129 and SJL mice - [109]
  Ribavirin Unknown MR766, PRVABC59, and PC-740 A549, hNPCs, HDFs and Vero MTT assay, qRT-PCR, western-blot 129 SV - [110,135]
  Sofosbuvir unknown ZIKVBR, MR766 VeroE6 Cell viability, Caspase assay Swiss Albino mice B [131]
  Favipiravir - PRVVABC59, P6-740 Vero. hNPCs qRT-PCR, WB, IFA 129 SV - [110,135]
NS5 Methyltransferase SAM analog sinefungin, S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine (SAH 1.18, 0.43 H/PF/2013 unknown Radioactive methyltransferase assay ND - [159]
  F3043-0013, F0922-0796, F1609-0442, and F1750-0048 4.8 ± 2.4, 12.5 ± 7.4, 17.5 ± 8.4 and 17.6 ± 3.1 - Vero Plaque Reduction Assay ND - [132]
NS2B/NS3 Lopinavir-ritonavir 4.78±0.41μg/ml PRVABC59 Vero, Huh-7, in silico NS2B-NS3 protease activity - B [123]
  Novobiocin 42.63, 62.24 PRVVABC59 Vero, Huh-7, in silico NS2B-NS3 protease activity BALB/c mice C [123]
  Aprotinin 0.361±19 Z1106033 in silico X-ray crystallography - B [125]
  Bromocriptine 13.04±2.00 PRVABC59 Vero NS2B-NS3 protease assay - B [126]
  NSC135618 1.0 PRVABC59 A549, hNPCs, HPEC, IFA, qRT-PCR,WB, mass spectrometry - - [160]
  Peptide Z2 1.75 SZ01/2016, GZ01/2016 C6/36, Vero, Huh-7 IFA, flow cytometry, RT-qPCR, C57BL/6 mice - [161]
  Erythrosin B 0.62 ± 0.12 PRVABC59 HPECs, A549, HNPC IFA, qRT-PCR, protein thermal shift assay, WB - B [124]
  Temoporfin, Niclosamide, Nitazoxanide 0.024, 0.48, 1.48 PRVABC59 A549, HPECs, hNPCs IFA, WB, qRT-PCR, SPR - - [107]
  NSC157058, NSC86314,
NSC716903
0.82 ± 0.09, 1.12 ± 0.11, 3.01 FSS13025 hfNPCs Fluorescent peptide, IF, RT-PCR - - [162]
  Myricitin, Quercetin, Luteolin, Isorhamnetin and Apigerin 1.3 ± 0.1, 2.4 ± 0.2, 2.7 ± 0.3, 15.5 ± 0.7, 56.3 ± 0.9 and 3.5 ± 0.2 ZIKV 8375 - NMR - - [122]