TETRANDRINE
DrugBank ID: db14066
DrugCentral: tetrandrine
Synonymous :(+)-tetrandrine | (s,s)-tetrandrine | d-tetrandrine | fanchinine | hanjisong | sinomenine a
Drug Sentece Context
Table 1. Analysis of context sentence of tetrandrine gene in 4 abstracts.
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32514689 | Additionally, seven pharmacological agents (chloroquine, tetrandrine, umifenovir (arbidol), carrimycin, damageprevir, lopinavir/ritonavir) are in phase IV of clinical trials. |
32930523 | In this hypothesis paper, we argue that the bisbenzylisoquinoline and calcium channel blocker tetrandrine, originally extracted from the plant Stephania tetrandra and utilized in traditional Chinese medicine, may have potential in the treatment of COVID-19 and should be further investigated. […] We collate and review evidence for tetrandrine’s putative mechanism of action in viral infection, specifically its recently discovered antagonism of the two-pore channel 2 (TPC2). […] While tetrandrine’s particular history of use provides a very limited pharmacological dataset, there is a suggestion from the available evidence that it could be effective at doses used in clinical practice. |