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. 2021 May 26;12:650425. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.650425

TABLE 1.

TCM herbal extracts or TCM-derived compounds with anti-HCoV activity.

TCM Model of action Ref. (PMID)
Glycyrrhizin The inhibitory role of virus attachment, entry, and replication 12814717
Baicalin The inhibitory role of the 3CLpro of SARS-CoV and interaction of SARS-CoV S protein and ACE2 32333601
22136493
Quercetin, GCG, herbicin, rhifofolin, and pectolinarin The inhibitory role of the 3CLpro of SARS-CoV 31724441
31020684
22350287
Scutellarein The inhibitory role of the SARS-CoV helicase protein 22578462 31131400
Herbacetin, isobavachalcone, quercetin 3‐β‐d‐glucoside, and helichrysetin The inhibitory role of the enzymatic activity of MERS‐CoV 3CLpro 31131400
Ginsenoside-Rb1 The inhibitory role of SARS-CoV replication 15226499
Saikosaponins The inhibitory role of viral cellular entry, adsorption, and penetration 32345124
TGG The inhibitory role the interaction of SARS-CoV S-protein and ACE2 15452254
Emodin The inhibitory role of the S protein and ACE2 interaction 21356245
Six phytoextracts from ciwujia, longdan, shuyu, juemingzi, and sangjisheng The inhibitory role of SARS-CoV replication 9039785
Gancao, huangqin, kuxingren, jinyinhua, and lianqiao The anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, immune regulation, anti-tumor, anti-pyretic and anti-spasmodic, and anti-asthmatic effects 16437747
Banxia and chenpi In the recovery stage 32247022
Gouji The inhibitory role of the 3CLpro of SARS-CoV 9039785
Banlangen The inhibitory role of the 3CLpro of SARS-CoV 16115693
Dahuang The inhibitory role of the 3CLpro of SARS-CoV 20103835
Yuxingcao The inhibitory effects on SARS-CoV 3CLpro and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) 18479853