Review Article

A Brief Review on Medicinal Plants-At-Arms against COVID-19

Table 2

List of plant-based anti-SARS-CoV-2 compounds identified through in silico approaches.

Reported methodologiesTarget sitesPlant-basedantiviral compoundsReference

Molecular docking(i) Covid-196LU7 proteases
(ii) Covid-196Y2E proteases
(i) Coriandrin
(ii) Glabridin
(iii) Glucobrassicin
(iv) Ursolic acid
(v) Hederagenin
(vi) Apigenin
(vii) Oleanolic acid
(viii) Rosemarinic acid
[35]
In silico screening molecular docking DFT molecular modelling(i) COVID-19 proteases(i) Oleanic acid
(ii) Ursolic acid
(iii) Isovallesiachotamine
(iv) Vallesiachotamine
(v) Cadambine
(vi) Vincosamide-N-oxide
(vii) Isodihydroaminocadambine
(viii) Pentyle ester of chlorogenic acid
(xi) D-myo-inositol
[36]
Molecular docking using autodock vina and GOLD suite Cys145 and His41 residues quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR)(i) 3-C like protease(i) Hypericin
(ii) Cyanidin 3-glucoside
(iii) Baicalin
(iv) Glabridin
(v) Α-ketoamide-11r
[37]

Molecular docking target analysis and toxicity prediction ADME prediction(i) SARS-CoV-2 main protease(i) Andrographolides[38]

In silico analysis(i) Human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (hACE-2)
(ii) RNA dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp)
(i) D-viniferin
(ii) Myricitrin
(iii) Taiwanhomoflavone A
(iv) Lactucopicrin 15-oxalate
(v) Nympholide A
(vi) Afzelin
(vii) Biorobin
(viii) Hesperidin
(ix) Phyllaemblicin B
[39]
Molecular docking(i) SARS-CoV-2 Mpro(i) Rosmanol
(ii) Carnosol
(iii) Arjunglucoside-I
[40]

In silico analysis(i) Higher binding affinity with targets(i) Silybin[41]

In silico analysis(i) Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2(i) Baicalin
(ii) Scutellarin
(iii) Hesperetin
(iv) Nicotianamine
(v) Glycyrrhizin
[42]

In silico analysis(i) Glycoprotein inhibitors(i) Hesperidine
(ii) Cannabinoids
(iii) Pectolinarin
(iv) Epigallocatechin gallate
(v) Rhoifolin
[43]

In silico analysis(i) SARS-CoV-2 mpro(i) Bonducellpin D
(ii) 5, 7-dimethoxyflavanone-4′-O-β-d-glucopyranoside
(iii) Caesalmin B
[44]

Molecular docking(i) SARS-CoV-2 mpro(i) B-eudesmol
(ii) Digitoxigenine
(iii) Crocin
(iv) a-Terpeneol
(v) b-Carophyllene
(vi) Picrocrocin
(vii) Crocetin
(viii) Calarene
(xi) Bicyclogermacrene
[45]

Molecular docking(i) SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro(i) 10-hydroxyusambarensine
(ii) Cryptoquindoline
(iii) 6-oxoisoiguesterin
(iv) 22-hydroxyhopan-3-one
[46]

Molecular docking(i) SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro
(ii) Plpro
(iii) RdRp
(iv) Spike protein
(i) Chloroquine
(ii) Luteolin
[47]

Molecular docking(i) SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro(i) Luteolin
(ii) Licoisoflavone B
(iii) Fisetin
(iv) Quercetin
(v) Glyasperin F
(vi) Isolicoflavonol
(vii) Semilicoisoflavone-B
[48]

Molecular docking(i) Covid 19 protein 6W63(i) Narcissoside[49]

Molecular docking(i) SARS-CoV-2 Mpro(i) Theaflavin digallate[50]

Molecular docking(i) SARS-CoV-2 S-protein(i) Phillyrin
(ii) Chlorogenic acid
[51]

Molecular docking(i) GRP78
(ii) 6LU7
(iii) SARS-CoV-2 Mpro
(i) Withaferin A
(ii) Artemisinin
(iii) Curcumin
(iv) Andrographolide
[52]

Molecular docking(i) SARS-CoV-2 Mpro(i) Oolonghomobisflavan-A
(ii) Theasinensin-D
(iii) Theaflavin-3-Ogallate
[53]

Molecular docking(i) SARS-CoV-2 Mpro(i) Ursolic acid
(ii) Carvacrol
(iii) Oleanolic acid
[54]

Molecular docking(i) SARS-CoV-2 mpro
(ii) SARS-CoV-2 Nsp15/NendoU
(iii) SARS-CoV-2 ADRP
(iv) SARS-CoV-2 RdRp
(v) SARS-CoV-2 rS
(iv) HACE2
(i) (E)-β-farnesene
(ii) (E, E)-α-farnesene
(iii) (E)-β-farnesene,
(iv) (E, E) farnesol
[55]

Molecular docking(i) SARS-CoV2 E(i) Belachinal
(ii) Macaflavanone E
(iii) Vibsanol B
[56]

Molecular docking(i) Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2(i) Isothymol[57]

Molecular docking(i) RdRp(i) Theaflavin[58]

Molecular docking(i) SARS-CoV-2: ACE2(i) Dithymoquinone[59]

Molecular docking(i) SARS-CoV-2 mpro(i) Luteolin-7-glucoside
(ii) Demethoxycurcumin
(iii) Apigenin-7-glucoside
(iv) Oleuropein
(v) Curcumin
(vi) Catechin
(vii) Epicatechin-gallate
[60]