Acriflavine, a clinically aproved drug, inhibits SARS-CoV-2 and other betacoronaviruses
V. Napolitano, A. Dabrowska, K. Schorpp, A. Mourao, E. Barreto-Duran, M. Benedyk, P. Botwina, S. Brandner, M. Bostock, Y. Chykunova, A. Czarna, G. Dubin, T. Frohlich, M. Hoelscher, M. Jedrysik, , K. Pyrc
This study identifies acriflavine as a potent inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 and other betacoronaviruses, effective in cellular models, in vivo, and ex vivo.
bioRxiv · Mar 20, 2021Microbiology