EGCG, a green tea catechin, as a potential therapeutic agent for symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection

M Chourasia, PR Koppula, A Battu, MM Ouseph… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
… deISGylation activity, binding of catechins to R166 is predicted … SARS-CoV-2 PLPro as a
specific target of catechins, but we … Moreover, catechins present in green tea extract hold much …

The green tea catechin epigallocatechin gallate inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection

L Henss, A Auste, C Schürmann… - Journal of General …, 2021 - microbiologyresearch.org
… active compound of green tea extract, EGCG, significantly inhibits SARS-CoV-2 and other
coronavirus infections. In contrast, the less biologically active green tea catechin, EC, had no …

Significant inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 in vitro by a green tea catechin, a catechin-derivative, and black tea galloylated theaflavins

E Ohgitani, M Shin-Ya, M Ichitani, M Kobayashi… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
… in black tea, because catechins are converted into … of tea leaves into black tea [11,12]. In
the present study, we examined whether SARS-CoV-2 can be inactivated by an exposure to tea. …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic potential of green tea catechin,(-)-epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate (EGCG) in SARS-CoV-2 infection: Major interactions with host/virus proteases

B Dinda, S Dinda, M Dinda - Phytomedicine Plus, 2023 - Elsevier
… The aim of this review was to provide a detailed analysis of anti-SARS-CoV-2 efficacy of (-)-epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate
(EGCG), a major catechin constituent of green tea (Camellia …

Effects of tea, catechins and catechin derivatives on Omicron subvariants of SARS-CoV-2

M Shin-Ya, M Nakashio, E Ohgitani, A Suganami… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
… of tea, tea catechins and catechin derivatives to inactivate the Omicron subvariant strains of
the SARS-CoV-… consumed a candy containing green tea or black tea inactivates BA.1 in vitro. …

[HTML][HTML] Novel antiviral effects of chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, and green tea catechins against SARS CoV-2 main protease (Mpro) and 3C-like protease for …

FB Shaik, K Swarnalatha, MC Mohan, A Thomas… - Clinical Nutrition Open …, 2022 - Elsevier
… Conclusions: SARS-COV-2 is a pathogen of substantial vigour concern and the … of catechins
associated with many viral diseases. We suggested that the function of green tea catechins, …

Identifying the natural polyphenol catechin as a multi-targeted agent against SARS-CoV-2 for the plausible therapy of COVID-19: an integrated computational …

CB Mishra, P Pandey, RD Sharma… - Briefings in …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
… form of catechins, extracted from the leaves of Chinese green tea, which comprises 80% …
and survival of SARS-CoV-2 in to the human cells. We found that catechin effectively binds to …

Characterization of the Trans-Epithelial Transport of Green Tea (C. sinensis) Catechin Extracts with In Vitro Inhibitory Effect against the SARS-CoV-2 Papain-like …

CM Montone, SE Aita, A Arnoldi, AL Capriotti… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
… of green tea that can inhibit the activity of SARS-CoV-2 PLpro. … of these polyphenols against
SARS-CoV-2 may represent an … the effect of green tea on the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in vivo. …

Potential protective mechanisms of green tea polyphenol EGCG against COVID-19

Z Zhang, X Zhang, K Bi, Y He, W Yan, CS Yang… - Trends in food science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
… , tea was used as a medicinal herb to treat a variety of diseases. In scientific studies during
the past decades, green tea and its characteristic polyphenols, catechins… inhibit SARS-CoV-2 …

[HTML][HTML] Green tea polyphenol catechins inhibit coronavirus replication and potentiate the adaptive immunity and autophagy-dependent protective mechanism to …

CC Yang, CJ Wu, CY Chien, CT Chien - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
… (SARS) caused by a SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV). Because polyphenol catechins could
… effects of catechins against SARS-CoV replication in Vero E6 cells, the preventive effect of …