Indirubin

A natural indole.

Phase of research

Potential treatment - theoretical effect

How it helps

Antiviral

Drug status

Experimental

Supporting references

Contradictory references

AI-suggested references

Clinical trials

Indirubin is a natural product clinically trialled for psoriasis treatment (NCT01735864 at ClinicalTrials.gov).

Indirubin on DrugBank
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Indirubin on Wikipedia

Link	Tested on	Impact factor	Notes	Publication date
Screening of Therapeutic Agents for COVID-19 Using Machine Learning and Ensemble Docking Studies Screening	in silico	6.71	Predicted to bind the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein or spike protein:ACE2 interface.	Aug/05/2020

Link	Publication date
Recognition of Natural Products as Potential Inhibitors of COVID-19 Main Protease (Mpro): In-Silico Evidences	Jul/01/2020
Virtual Screening and Molecular Docking to Study the Mechanism of Chinese Medicines in the Treatment of Coronavirus Infection	Feb/24/2022
Antiviral Action of Tryptanthrin Isolated from Strobilanthes cusia Leaf against Human Coronavirus NL63	Feb/24/2021