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. 2021 Mar 22;26(6):1775. doi: 10.3390/molecules26061775

Table 2.

Plant compounds and their antiviral properties.

S. No Name of the Compound Structure Antiviral Property against Reference
1. 1. FLAVONOIDS graphic file with name molecules-26-01775-i001.jpg HSV-1 and HSV-2, SARS-CoV-2 [95,97,201]
1.1. Catechins (Green tea)
EGCG and ECG
1.2. Quercetin
(C. longa)
graphic file with name molecules-26-01775-i002.jpg HCV and SARS-CoV-2 [93,99,100]
1.3. Apigenin
(Green tea)
graphic file with name molecules-26-01775-i003.jpg Enterovirus-71, foot and mouth disease virus, HCV, African swine fever virus, and influenza A [103,104,105]
1.4. Baicalin
(Scutellaria lateriflora)
graphic file with name molecules-26-01775-i004.jpg Enterovirus, dengue virus, respiratory syncytical virus, Newcastle disease virus, HIV, and HBV [108,110,112,120,202,203]
1.5. Luteolin
(O. sanctum)
graphic file with name molecules-26-01775-i005.jpg SARS-CoV-2, rhesus rota virus, chickenkuniya virus, and Japanese encephalitis virus [113,114,115,116,120,204]
1.6. Kaempferol
(F. benjamina)
graphic file with name molecules-26-01775-i006.jpg HSV-1, HSV-2, HIV, HCV, H1NI, H9N2, Japanese encephalitis virus, and SARS-CoV-2 [121,123,124,126]
2. 2. ALKALOIDS graphic file with name molecules-26-01775-i007.jpg Poliomyelitis virus, SARS-CoV (BJ001 and BJ006) [127,128,132,205]
2.1. Lycorine
(L. radiata)
2.2. Sophoridine
(S. flavescens)
graphic file with name molecules-26-01775-i008.jpg Enterovirus-71 and coxsackievirus [130,131,206]
3. 3. SAPONINS
(A. arvensis)
graphic file with name molecules-26-01775-i009.jpg HSV-1, poliovirus, and SARS-CoV 2 [4,134,135,136,207]
4. 4. LIGNANS graphic file with name molecules-26-01775-i010.jpg HBV and duck HBV [139,140,170,171]
4.1. Nordihydroguairetic acid (P. niruri. L) graphic file with name molecules-26-01775-i011.jpg DENV, zika virus or West Nile virus, and influenza A virus [140,141,142,143,144,208]
4.2 Arctigenin
(Arctium lappa)
graphic file with name molecules-26-01775-i012.jpg Influenza A virus and HIV-1 [150,151,152,153,154,209]
4.3. Yatein (Chamaecyparis obtuse) graphic file with name molecules-26-01775-i013.jpg HSV-1 [155,156]
4.4. Diphyllin (Genus-Haplophyllum) graphic file with name molecules-26-01775-i014.jpg Zika virus and influenza A virus [157,158,159,160,161,210]
4.5.Patentiflorin A
(J. gendarussa)
graphic file with name molecules-26-01775-i015.jpg Zika virus and HIV [160,161,162,163,164,211]
4.6. Clemastanin B
(Isatis indigotica)
graphic file with name molecules-26-01775-i016.jpg Influenza A virus [164,165,166,167]
4.7. Silymarin C
(S. marianum)
graphic file with name molecules-26-01775-i017.jpg HCV [168,169,212]
5. 5. TANNINS graphic file with name molecules-26-01775-i018.jpg HSV and HIV [172,173,174,175]
5.1. Geraniin
(P. amarus)
5.2. 1,3,4,6-tetra-O-galloyl-β-d-glucose (P. urinaria) graphic file with name molecules-26-01775-i019.jpg
5.3. Corilagin
(P. amarus)
graphic file with name molecules-26-01775-i020.jpg