A brief overview of flavonoids as antiviral compounds in coronavirus time

Resumen

COVID-19 became very early in 2020, as the world's biggest public health problem, becoming the first pandemic of the 21st century. Within this context, and living these quarantine times, the literature was reviewed to find out in-depth what types of natural products have been shown as possible candidates to become antiviral drugs. Flavonoids seem to be the most interesting in their antiviral activity. This review presents the results of an analysis in which the most important structural characteristics that these compounds must possess to show antiviral activity have been observed.