Table 2.

Compounds with antiviral activity which were isolated from antiviral West African Natural Products

S/N	Natural Product	Constituent Antiviral Compounds	Antiviral Activity		References
1	H. fuscum	Dihydropenicillic acid	Extract IC50 – EV7: 0.3811 µg/ml; EV19: 1.575 µg/ml		[78]
2	M. barteri	Flavonoids: 3,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid, acteoside, kaempferol-7- O-glucoside and bastadin-11 Stilbenes: vedelianin, schweinfurthin G and mappain	Mappain IC50 – EV7: 1.23 µM; EV19: 0.24 µM Vedelianin IC50 – EV7: 0.025 nM; EV19: 0.0036 nM Schweinfurthin G IC50 – EV7: 0.043 nM; EV19: 0.018 nM		[54, 84]
3	C. aurantifolia	Flavonoids: quercetin, motin, fisetin, naringenin, hesperidin			[64, 67]
	C. paradisi	Flavonoids: quercetin, motin, fisetin, naringenin, hesperidin			[64, 67]
4	L. micranthus	Salidroside (2-(4-hydroxyphenyl) ethyl-β-D-glucopyranoside)	Salidroside IC50—RSV: 10.3 ± 1.50 μg/ml		[83]
5	R. farinacea	Sekikaic acid (and other phenolic compounds)	Ethyl acetate-soluble fraction (ET4) IC50 – HSV-1: 6.09 μg/ml; RSV: 3.65 μg/ml; HIV-1: 0.33 μg/ml; HIV-1 RT 0.022 μg/ml Sekikaic acid IC50 Recombinant RSV: 5.69 µg/ml; RSV A2: 7.73 µg/ml		[91, 92]

Table lists antiviral compounds isolated from West African plants following investigations into their antiviral activity

EV7 is Echovirus 7, EV19 is Echovirus 19, HIV is Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV RT is Human Immunodeficiency Virus Reverse Transcriptase, HSV is Herpes Simplex Virus, RSV is Respiratory Syncytial Virus