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. 2021 Oct 21;27(39):6551–6571. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i39.6551

Table 4.

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor plant

Plants
The compound under study
Results
Ref.
Ammoides verticillata essential oil Isothymol SARS-CoV-2/ACE2 inhibition Abdelli et al[183], 2021
Allium sativum essential oil Organosulfur compounds (99.4% of its essential oil) SARS-CoV-2/ACE2 inhibition. Garlic essential oil can prevent protein maturation of the virus and the spread of infection Thuy et al[184], 2020
Apium graveolens Apigenin Kidneys of spontaneous hypertensive rats/Regulation in ACE2 expression Sui et al[185], 2010
Camellia sinensis Black tea; Dark tea; Green tea; Oolong tea; White tea ACE inhibition: Green < oolong < white < black < dark teas Dong et al[186], 2011
Citrus aurantium Hesperetin. Scutellarin. Nicotianamine. Glycyrrhizin. Baicalin SARS-CoV-2/Connecting to ACE2 and blocking the SARS-CoV-2 input Chen and Du[187], 2020
Erigeron breviscapus
Glycine max
Glycyrrhiza radix
Scutellaria baicalensis
Geranium and lemon essential oils Citronellol and limonene SARS-CoV-2/ACE2 inhibition Senthil Kumar et al[188], 2020
Ginseng Glycyrrhiza uralensis Ginsenoside Rg6; Ginsenoside F1; Monoammonium glycyrrhizinate; Glycyrrhizic acid methyl ester SARS-CoV-2/ACE2 kinase inhibition Zi et al[189], 2020
Glycine max (soybean) Nicotianamine ACE2 inhibition Takahashi et al[190], 2015
Glycyrrhiza glabra Glycyrrhizic acid SARS-CoV-2/Glycyrrhizic acid disrupts the connection of the virus with the ACE2 receptor at the entry level Sinha et al[43], 2021
Hibiscus sabdariffa anthocyanins Delphinidin- and cyanidin-3-O-sambubiosides ACE inhibition Ojeda et al[191], 2010
Linum usitatissimum (Flaxseed) Secoisolariciresinol diglucoside ACE inhibition Prasad et al[192], 2013
Melaleuca cajuputi essential oil Components (70.9% of the oil) SARS-CoV-2/ACE2 and PDB6LU7 proteins inhibition My et al[193], 2020
Nicotiana benthamiana Recombinant ACE2-Fc fusion protein produced from N. benthamiana SARS-CoV-2/Strong binding to the RBD of SARS-CoV-2 and inhibition Siriwattananon et al[194], 2020
Withania somnifera Withanone SARS-CoV-2/Docking to the connector interface of the AEC2-RBD complex Balkrishna et al[51], 2020

ACE: Angiotensin-converting enzyme; RBD: Receptor binding domain; SARS-CoV-2: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; ACE2: Angiotensin-converting enzyme-2.