Ginkgo biloba leaves extract

A plant extract.

Phase of research

Potential treatment - pre-clinical evidence

How it helps

Antiviral

Drug status

Natural product

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General information

Ginkgo biloba leaves extract was observed to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 3C-like protease (Xiong et al., 2021).

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Supporting references

Link Tested on Impact factor Notes Publication date
Discovery of naturally occurring inhibitors against SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro from Ginkgo biloba leaves via large-scale screening
3CLpro Enzyme assay In vitro In silico
in silico; in vitro enzyme assay 2.53

The extract inhibited SARS-CoV-2 3C-like protease with an IC50 of 6.68 μg/ml.

Apr/22/2021