Other substances

Capsaicin

An analgesic compound from chili pepper.

Phase of research

Potential treatment - theoretical effect

How it helps

Antiviral

Drug status

Natural product

Supporting references

Contradictory references

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Clinical trials

General information

Capsaicin on PubChem

Structure image - Capsaicin

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Supporting references

Link	Tested on	Impact factor	Notes	Publication date
An in-silico evaluation of dietary components for structural inhibition of SARS-Cov-2 main protease 3CLpro Small molecule In silico	in silico	3.31	Predicted to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 3C-like protease.	Aug/18/2020
Evaluation of certain medicinal plants compounds as new potential inhibitors of novel corona virus (COVID-19) using molecular docking analysis 3CLpro Small molecule In silico	in silico		Predicted to inhibit the SARS-CoV-2 3C-like protease.	Jan/06/2021

AI-suggested references

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Curcumin inhibits spike protein of new SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern (VOC) Omicron, an in silico study	Dec/22/2020
In silico study of some selective phytochemicals against a hypothetical SARS-CoV-2 spike RBD using molecular docking tools.	Aug/28/2021
The Effect of Anti-Chemokine Oral Drug XC8 on Cough Triggered by The Agonists of TRPA1 But Not TRPV1 Channels in Guinea Pigs	Apr/18/2020