THERAPEUTIC FORMULATIONS FROM PELARGONIUM SP. AND METHOD OF USE IN RESPIRATORY VIRAL INFECTIONS

    公开(公告)号:WO2023009976A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-02

    申请号:PCT/US2022/074102

    申请日:2022-07-25

    申请人: SUBHADRA, Bobban

    发明人: SUBHADRA, Bobban

    摘要: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic infected 504 million people with over 6.2 million deaths worldwide. Recent variants of SARS-CoV-2 are evolving faster and are more transmissible compared to the strain first reported. Broad-spectrum viral inhibitors that block the initial stages of infection by reducing virus binding and proliferation, thereby reducing disease severity is an unmet global medical need. A standardized polyphenolic-rich compound isolated from Pelargonium sidoides, against recombinant Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (rVSV)-pseudotyped SARS-CoV-2S (spike) of six different variants of SARS-CoV-2. Bi121 was effective in neutralizing all six rVSV-ΔG-SARS-CoV-2S variants expressing different mutations. The antiviral activity was then assessed against different variants of SARS-CoV-2 (USA WA1/2020, Hongkong/VM20001061/2020, B.1.167.2 (Delta)) and BA.1.1 (Omicron) in two different cell lines (Vero cells and HEK-ACE2) using RT-qPCR and plaque assays. Bi121 showed significant antiviral activity towards all the four SARS-CoV-2 variants tested, suggesting a broad-spectrum activity.