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. 2021 Apr 15;12:624704. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.624704

TABLE 2.

Antiviral mechanisms of cardiac glycosides.

Viruses Cardiac glycosides Antiviral mechanism References
Enveloped
respiratory viruses
 Influenza A Ouabain, Adenium obesum Inhibit viral replication Amarelle et al. (2017)
Kiyohara et al. (2012)
 Human respiratory syncytial virus Ouabain Inhibits viral entry Lingemann et al. (2019)
 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus Ouabain, Bufalin Inhibit early entry stage Burkard et al. (2015)
 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Digoxin, Ouabain Inhibit viral replication Cho et al. (2020)
Non-enveloped
respiratory viruses
 Adenovirus Digoxin, lanatoside C, ouabain, digitoxigenin, digitoxin Alter RNA splicing, virucidal effect, RNA tranition Stoilov et al. (2008)
Grosso et al. (2017)
 Rhinovirus A Scillarenin 3-O-[N-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-hydrazido] suberoyl) Inhibit RNA synthesis, virucidal effect Sato and Muro (1974)
Kamano et al. (1988)