Antiviralagent 8, surpassing lead compounds crocin-1 and crocin-2, has been identified as a potent and promising candidate with enhanced antiviral activities.
Carbodine (Carbocyclic cytidine) is a broad-spectrum antiviralagent and targets CTP synthetase that converts UTP to CTP. It possesses significant antiviral activity against influenza virus types A0 PR-8 34 and A2 Aichi 2 68 in vitro.