SARS-CoV-2 fears green: the chlorophyll catabolite Pheophorbide a is a potent antiviral
Guillermo H. Jiménez‐Alemán, Victoria Castro, Addis Londaitsbehere, Marta Gutiérrez‐Rodríguez, Urtzi Garaigorta, Roberto Solano, Pablo Gastaminza
The paper identifies Pheophorbide a as a potent antiviral against SARS-CoV-2 and other positive-strand RNA viruses, with low cytotoxicity and direct viral targeting.
Pharmaceuticals · Oct 15, 2021Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology