Table 2.

Inhibitory effects of EGCG against viruses.

Virus	Cell Line	Effect	Reference
CHIKV	U2OS	Inhibiting viral RNA replication	[75]
CHIKV	HEK 293T	Blocking viral entry into target cells	[74]
CVB3	Vero	Inhibiting viral RNA replication, improving the survival rate of infected cells	[72]
EBV	B95.8	Down regulating RNA synthesis, inhibiting EBV lytic protein expression	[31]
HBV	HepG2.2.15	Inhibiting HBs Ag and HBe Ag secretion	[21]
HBV	HepG2.2.15	Opposing HBV-induced incomplete autophagy, reducing HBV replication	[20]
HBV	HepG2.N10	Interfering core promoter transcription	[19]
HBV	HepG2.117	Inhibiting RNA, DNA and cccDNA synthesis	[23]
HCV	Huh7.5	Interfering virus adsorption, preventing cell-to-cell transmission	[43]
HCV	Huh7.19	Inhibiting viral entry in to target cell	[42]
HIV	MAGI	Reducing Nf-kB expression and suppressing HIV-1 gene transcription	[32]
HIV	peripheral blood lymphocytes	Inhibiting viral replication	[77]
HIV	HeLa-CD4-LTR-beta-gal	Suppressing viral infection ability, inhibiting viral reverse transcription	[38]
HIV	THP-1	Inhibiting viral transcription	[78]
HSV	Vero, CV-1	In-activating viral	[24]
ZIKA	Vero E6	Inhibiting viral entry in to target cell	[73]
H1N1	HEK 293T	Destroying viral membrane integrity, preventing viral adsorption to cell surface	[50]
H1N1,	MDCK	Inhibiting erythrocyte agglutination and viral replication	[51]