Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Research (Jul 2022)

Could Celastrol Be a Photosensitizer for Photodynamic Therapy to Combat SARS-CoV-2?

  • Siukan Law

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 3
pp. 163 – 166

Abstract

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Celastrol is a quinone methide triterpenoid isolated from the traditional Chinese medicine Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F and belongs to the Celastraceae family. It possesses a wide range of antiviral, anti-inflammatory, and anti-cancer properties.

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