TABLE 5.

Anti‐HBV activities of quercetin

Compound	Mechanism	References
Quercetin	Reduces HBsAg, HBeAg and the secretion of HBV genomic DNA levels.	Cheng et al. (2015)
Quercetin	Anti‐HBV potential, inhibiting HBsAg and HBeAg synthesis. Molecular docking shows that quercetin forms very stable complexes with HBV polymerase.	Parvez et al. (2019)
Quercetin	Has higher binding affinity toward Pol/RT than lamivudine.	Parvez et al. (2020)

Note: HBeAg, HBV secretory protein “e” antigen; HBsAg, Hepatitis B surface antigen; HBV, Hepatitis B virus; IC₅₀, half‐maximal inhibitory concentration; Pol/RT, polymerase/reverse‐transcriptase.