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      Specific plant terpenoids and lignoids possess potent antiviral activities against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus.

      Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
      Animals, Cell Proliferation, drug effects, Cercopithecus aethiops, Cysteine Endopeptidases, chemistry, Lignans, Models, Molecular, Plants, Medicinal, SARS Virus, enzymology, Structure-Activity Relationship, Terpenes, pharmacology, Triterpenes, Vero Cells, Viral Proteins, antagonists & inhibitors, Virus Replication

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          In this study, 221 phytocompounds were evaluated for activity against anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) activities using a cell-based assay measuring SARS-CoV-induced cytopathogenic effect on Vero E6 cells. Ten diterpenoids (1-10), two sesquiterpenoids (11 and 12), two triterpenoids (13 and 14), five lignoids (15-19), curcumin (20), and reference controls niclosamide (21) and valinomycin (22) were potent inhibitors at concentrations between 3.3 and 10 microM. The concentrations of the 22 compounds to inhibit 50% of Vero E6 cell proliferation (CC50) and viral replication (EC50) were measured. The selective index values (SI = CC50/EC50) of the most potent compounds 1, 5, 6, 8, 14, and 16 were 58, >510, 111, 193, 180, and >667, respectively. Betulinic acid (13) and savinin (16) were competitive inhibitors of SARS-CoV 3CL protease with Ki values = 8.2 +/- 0.7 and 9.1 +/- 2.4 microM, respectively. Our findings suggest that specific abietane-type diterpenoids and lignoids exhibit strong anti-SARS-CoV effects.

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