Synonyms: (+)-Tetrandrine | (S,S)-Tetrandrine | D-Tetrandrine | fanchinin | Tetrandrin
tetrandrine is an approved drug (China)
Compound class:
Synthetic organic
Comment: Tetrandrine is a compound that can be extracted from the Stephania tetrandra vine, or synthesised chemically. It has been demonstrated to act as an inhibitor of multiple ion channels, including two-pore channels 1 and 2 (TPC1/2), and L- and T-type calcium channels [2-3]. The TPC calcium channels appear to be important for Ebola virus infection of host cells, and in vitro either ablation of TPC expression or tetrandrine-mediated inhibition of TPC channels reduces Ebola infection (IC50 55 nM) [3].
SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19): Tetrandrine is being studied in clinical trial for potential to treat COVID-19. The biological and pharmacological rationale for this use was reviewed in [1]. ![]() Ligand Activity Visualisation ChartsThese are box plot that provide a unique visualisation, summarising all the activity data for a ligand taken from ChEMBL and GtoPdb across multiple targets and species. Click on a plot to see the median, interquartile range, low and high data points. A value of zero indicates that no data are available. A separate chart is created for each target, and where possible the algorithm tries to merge ChEMBL and GtoPdb targets by matching them on name and UniProt accession, for each available species. However, please note that inconsistency in naming of targets may lead to data for the same target being reported across multiple charts. ✖ |
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Summary of Clinical Use ![]() |
Tetrandrine is approved in China, as a treatment for silicosis [4]. |
Clinical Trials | |||||
Clinical Trial ID | Title | Type | Source | Comment | References |
NCT04308317 | Tetrandrine Tablets Used in the Treatment of COVID-19 | Phase 4 Interventional | Henan Provincial People's Hospital |