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. 2021 Oct 5;18:226–240. doi: 10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v18.025

Table 3 .

In vitro screening studies and proposed repurposing drugs

Target Drug Libraries Proposed candidate Reference
3CLpro ~10,000 compounds of approved or clinical used drugs and natural products from commercial libraries e.g. Target Mol, Selleck, Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies Ebselen, Disulfiram, Tideglusib, Carmofur Shikonin Jin et al., 2020 [17]
18 protease inhibitors including HCV or HIV proteases Boceprevir, GC-376 Fu et al., 2020 [15]
Various flavonoids Baicalin, Herbacetin, Pectolinarin Jo S. et al., 2020 [20]
Dompe “Safe-In-Man” proprietary collection (containing 607 drug candidates), EU-OPENSCREEN, DrugRepurposingHub) Thioguanosine, MG-132, Myricetin Kuzikov et al., 2021 [19]
PL pro 5,576 compounds (3,727 approved drugs and late-stage clinical drug candidates) No candidate found Klemm T et al., 2020 [71]
RdRp ~5000 Commercial libraries (Sigma, Selleck, Enzo, Tocris, Calbiochem, Symansis) GSK-650394, C-646, BH3I-1, Suramin, Cefsulodin Bertolin et al., 2021 [72]
Nsp13 ~5000 Commercial libraries (Sigma, Selleck, Enzo, Tocris, Calbiochem, Symansis) FPA124, Suramin Zeng et al., 2021 [73]
Nsp14
(N7-MTase)
~5000 Commercial libraries (Sigma, Selleck, Enzo, Tocris, Calbiochem, Symansis) Trifluperidol, PF-03882845, Inauhzin, Lomeguatrib Basu et al., 2021 [75]
Nsp14 (ExoN) ~5000 Commercial libraries (Sigma, Selleck, Enzo, Tocris, Calbiochem, Symansis) Patulin, Aurintricarboxylic acid Canal et al., 2021 [74]
Nsp15 ~5000 Commercial libraries (Sigma, Selleck, Enzo, Tocris, Calbiochem, Symansis) NSC95397 Canal et al., 2021 [29]
ReFRAME drug repurposing library Exebryl-1 Choi R et al., 2021 [76]