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Table 4 Antiviral drugs/compounds that have been assessed using in silico approach against SARS-CoV-2 proteins

From: Recent progress on drugs discovery study for treatment of COVID-19: repurposing existing drugs and current natural bioactive molecules

Compounds

Antiviral activities

Molecular docking tools

Refs.

40 triterpenoids, flavonol glycosides, anthocyanidins

SARS-CoV-2 Mpro (pdb id: 6LU7), RBD (pdb id: 6M0J), RdRp (YP_009725307.1), human trans-membrane serine protease 2 TMPRSS2 (NP_001128571.1)

AutoDock Vina

[164]

51 alkaloids, terpenoids, polyphenols, peptides

SARS-CoV-2 Mpro (pdb id: 6LU7)

AutoDock 4.2.0

[165]

19 hydrolyzable tannins

SARS-CoV-2 Mpro (pdb id: 6Y84)

Molecular Operating Environment (MOE 09)

[166]

24 natural plant-based compounds, 22 antiviral drugs, 16 anti-malarial drugs

SARS-CoV-2 Mpro (pdb id: 6LU7)

Virtual screening followed with SP and XP docking modes using GLIDE module

MD simulations using GROMACS-2019

[167]

Four tropane alkaloids from Schizanthus porrigens

SARS-CoV-2 PLpro (pdb id: 6WX4)

Autodock Vina

Molecular dynamic simulations using NAMD v.2.14

[168]

21 flavonoids

SARS-CoV-2 Mpro (pdb id: 6YNQ)

AutoDock Vina and Swiss dock

Molecular dynamic simulations using CABS Flex 2.0

[169]

66 active flavonoids were selected from 2030 natural compounds

SARS-CoV-2 Mpro (pdb id: 6LU7)

GLIDE module

[170]

80 flavonoids

SARS-CoV-2 Mpro (pdb id: 6LU7)

Molegro Virtual Docker 7

[171]

23 flavonoids and 25 indole chalcones

SARS-CoV-2 Mpro (pdb id: 6YB7), RdRp (pdb id: 6M71), spike protein (pdb id: 6LZG)

AutoDock Vina v.1.1.2

[172]

458 flavonoids

SARS-CoV-2 Mpro (pdb id: 6LU7), RdRp (pdb id: 6M71), spike protein (pdb id: 6VW1)

AutoDock 4.1

[173]

12 triterpenoids isolated from Calendula officinalis L

SARS-CoV-2 Mpro (pdb id: 6LU7)

MOE 2019 Suite

Molecular dynamic simulation using GROMACS-2019

[174]

14 limonoids and terpenoids

SARS-CoV-2 RBD (pdb id: 6M0J)

AutoDock 4.2

Molecular dynamic simulation using Desmond MD System

[175]

218 coumarins

SARS-CoV-2 Mpro (pdb id: 6LU7), viral methyltransferase (nsp16/10 complex, pdb id: 6W4H), RBD (pdb id: 6M0J), human ACE2 (pdb id: 6VW1)

AutoDock Vina

[176]

78 secoiridoids

SARS-CoV-2 Mpro (pdb id: 6LU7), and S protein (6LZG)

AutoDock Vina

Molecular dynamic simulation using Desmond MD System

[177]

6 phenyl propanoids

SARS-CoV-2 Mpro (pdb id: 6Y2F); PLpro (pdb id: 6WX4); RdRp (pdb id: 6M71)

Genetic optimization of ligand docking (GOLD v5.2.2)

Groningen machine for chemical simulations (GROMACS v5.15)

[178]