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Discovery of baicalin and baicalein as novel, natural product inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease in vitro
Haixia Su, Sheng Yao, Wenfeng Zhao…·Yechun Xu
Baicalin and baicalein from Scutellaria baicalensis inhibit SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease non-covalently; a 2.2 Å baicalein complex structure shows an unusual shield-like binding mode.
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